KUALA LUMPUR: The water restructuring exercise for Selangor is expected to be finalised within two weeks, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili said ministry's officials were in the midst of finalising the supplementary agreement which include the revised list of assets owned by Selangor.
"Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali had given his assurance that permits on the works at the (water treatment plant) Langat 2 project site will be reissued once the agreement is finalised.
"On the dispute over pipelines and the land involved with them as raised by the state government, the practice with other states is that the assets should include the land above and below.
"However, we decided to compromise and forego the land and only have the pipelines listed in the assets included in the agreement. However, we have asked the state government to replace with three other assets to match the RM1.86 billion fund allocated by the federal government," he said during the debate on the water issue in Selangor earlier.
Azmin had in the previous sitting told the house that the state government could not agree on the terms of the agreement which states that the land above and below the 26,000km pipeline are also included as assets.
He had said that the agreement originally covered only the pipelines and assets, and did not include state land.
It was reported that after numerous discussions, both the federal and state government finally agreed on the terms in the master agreement and would conclude the deal soon.