RM120mil allocation to Syabas is not a bailout, says SPAN chief


KUALA LUMPUR: The federal government's RM120mil allocation is meant for upgrading works on water plants and pump houses in Selangor and not for bailing out Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas), according to National Water Service Commission (SPAN) chairman Datuk Ismail Kassim.

He said 11 pump houses in the state were being upgraded. The last time such works were done was about 30 years ago and each pump house could only operate for 12 hours a day.

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