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New life for River of Life project?
BERNAMA
4/4/2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The federal territories (FT) ministry is mulling to continue the River of Life (RoL) project to ensure the rivers in the federal capital remain clean and beautiful, on par with those of developed countries.
The RM4.4 billion project which was started in 2011 has run into problems with poor planning and what has been described as a waste of public funds. Many of the problems have been pointed out in various auditor-general’s reports.
Minister Annuar Musa said plans for the implementation of RoL 2.0 would encompass the aspects of development, beautification and the methods of controlling major floods in Kuala Lumpur.
“Discussions with various quarters, including the private sector are underway, to avoid dependence on government funds,” he said.
He was speaking to reporters after a ceremony to introduce Ejen Ali, the character of the popular local animated series as an environment awareness campaign icon, specifically for the RoL project at the Leboh Pasar Bridge here, today.
Annuar said several companies, including from the private sector, had been called to table working papers on the matter and their recommendations would be studied.
In addition, he said Kuala Lumpur City Hall was studying the size of government reserve land along the rivers from Brickfields to the border of Selangor, which would be involved in the project.
At the same time, he said his ministry was also looking at how to intensify the enforcement of the laws in an effort to control pollution and safeguard rivers.
According to Annuar, all river beautification efforts would be futile as long as the public did not appreciate and maintain the cleanliness of rivers.
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