Penang wants to take back Mengkuang dam

An aerial view of the Mengkuang Dam with a capacity of 73.5 billion litres. The state handed over the dam to the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water for an expansion project in 2011. — Photo courtesy of PBAPP

PENANG is ready to take back the expanded Mengkuang Dam from the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry (KeTTHA), said PBA Holdings Bhd (PBAPP) chief executive officer Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa.

He said that taking over the dam was to enable PBAPP to start preparing the collection of rain at the next wet season, which is expected to start at the end of August.