KUCHING: The state government will expedite the implementation of the Sarawak Alternative Rural Water Supply (Sawas) programme to provide safe and clean water to rural areas.
Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said the coverage of clean water supply in the rural areas was 61% and there was an urgency to expedite provision of water supply to the remaining 39% rural populace, which represented about 114,000 households.
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