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MP: Seek underground water instead of building dams MP: Seek underground water instead of building dams
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 at 9:18am (37 weeks 6 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: economics] [published 37 weeks 6 days ago]
[author: chan kok leong] [site: http://malaysiakini.com (subscribe)] [source]
tags: water : underground water : selangor : pahang : dam : charles santiago :
wikiops: chan kok leong : charles santiago : dam : economics : pahang : selangor : underground water : water :

Klang parliamentarian Charles Santiago questioned the rational behind the Selangor government's decision to continue with the Pahang-Selangor dam project.

Noting that the project would bring more harmful effects than benefits, the DAP politician said that Selangor should re-consider and look at other options.

"Instead of building a dam in Pahang, which will cause many environmental and ecological detriments, the Selangor state government should explore other options.

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