KUALA LUMPUR: Some 145 out of 712 water infrastructure development projects had been delayed beyond schedule, involving in a cost of RM6.15bil, the Auditor-General’s report 2/2024 has found from its audit on the national water management system.
The audit was conducted on the Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change and Energy Transition and Water Transformation ministries, management of water resources.
The delays ranged between 86 to 1,076 days.
“The Audit team found that there were delays in the implementation for 11 out of the 34 Sewerage Services Department water quality development projects namely two projects in Pahang, Perak and Penang respectively, one in Kedah and four in Sabah. The cost of projects experiencing delays beyond schedule was RM4.685bil,” said the report.
“The total cost for the 129 SPAN projects that were delayed was RM68.16mil,” she added.
As for treated water projects, four projects experienced delays of between 324 to 1076 days resulting in a cost of RM926.79mil.
There were two projects in Sabah and one in Johor and Kedah respectively.
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