BANGI – River conservation works will be intensified, and centralised wastewater treatment plants will be built at industrial areas as part of the National River Trail (DSK) project, said Environment and Water Minister (KASA) Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.
Tuan Ibrahim said a centralised wastewater system would be developed in every area that has been gazetted as an industrial site under the 12th Malaysia Plan.
“The system will trap pollutants and treat the water before it flows into the river. This will stop river pollution caused by factories,” he told a press conference after launching the Sg Langat Trail here today.
Tuan Ibrahim said the development of river trails could help prevent encroachment activities and pollution, especially caused by lorries dumping waste into rivers.
He said the Sg Langat Trail project is the starting point of the DSK programme through which the river reserve areas would be developed as recreational sites to promote environmentally sustainable economic activities such as river ecotourism.
According to Tuan Ibrahim, the Sg Langat trail is a four-km stretch and has the potential to be developed up to 50km and linked to the Putrajaya area.
He said KASA was targeting a DSK trail of 10,000km by 2030. – Bernama, November 30, 2021
