KUALA LUMPUR – Eighteen new projects and 61 extension projects for the rural roads initiative in Sarawak were approved under the First Rolling Plan (RP1) of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), involving an allocation of RM112.5 million, said Deputy Rural Development Minister Datuk Hasbi Habibollah.
He said that two new rural road network projects have also been approved in the state, involving an allocation of RM156.44 million.
Hasbi said that People’s Housing Programme projects in rural areas nationwide involved an allocation ceiling of RM2.035 billion for implementation during 12MP, wherein for RP1, two new projects were approved for Sarawak, involving an allocation of RM111.97 million.
“Apart from that, under RP1, a total of 405 new construction projects and 3,077 repairs have been approved for PPRs in Sarawak, which involves an allocation of more than RM79 million,” he said.
The Limbang MP said that in the 2022 budget, a total of RM768 million was allocated for rural development in Sarawak, involving a total of 205 projects, with 97 new projects and 108 extension projects.
He said that for the Sarawak Rural Electricity Supply project, a total of RM83.64 million was allocated in 2022 involving three new projects and 14 extension projects, while an allocation of RM124.2 million for Sarawak’s Rural Water Supply involved 35 new and three extension projects.
In the 2022 budget, his ministry received an allocation of RM10.53 billion, covering a management allocation of RM3.52 billion and a development allocation of RM7.01 billion. – Bernama, November 30, 2021
