KUCHING: The Sarawak government is set to take over 79 federal-funded water supply projects costing some RM3.47bil statewide to resolve longstanding implementation delays.
According to Sarawak Utility and Telecommunication Minister Datuk Seri Julaihi Narawi, the federal government had agreed in principle to transfer these water projects to Sarawak.
The state government is currently waiting for the final details from the federal government’s Finance Ministry.
Sarawak is seeking full authority to implement the transferred federal projects under its existing financial and procurement procedures if the takeover is finalised, Juhaili said during his visit to the Puncak Borneo water project site in Penrissen near here recently.
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