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KOTA KINABALU: Several villages in the Kiulu state constituency have been facing problems with clean water supply since February 19 due to a water catchment issue caused by drought weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Ir Shahelmey Yahya said this is because most of the rural areas in Kiulu rely on gravity\/hill water sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the absence of pipe connections by the Sabah State Water Department (JANS) in the rural areas has resulted in the inability to distribute clean water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ir Shahelmey, who is also the State Minister of Works , said this in a statement here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said JANS has received complaints regarding this issue and is working to find the best solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the long-term solution to this issue has been included in the Rural Water Supply Project (BALB) under the allocation of the Ministry of Rural Development and Territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ir Shahelmey said among the areas included in the BALB project are Kg. Bukit Giling, Kg. Ulu Bakut, Tuara 2018\/2019 Sabah State Reticulation System in the Kota Kinabalu area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, he said other areas involved in the BALB project are the upper Kiulu area and its surroundings, and Kg. Penimbawan, Kg. Kapa-Sinalapak, and the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said JANS is facing difficulties in delivering water due to insufficient and limited water tankers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“However, affected residents can obtain a clean water supply at the Tamparuli District Office until the gravity\/hill water source is restored,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KOTA KINABALU: Several villages in the Kiulu state constituency have been facing problems with clean water supply since February 19 due to a water catchment issue caused by drought weather. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Ir Shahelmey Yahya said this is because most of the rural areas in Kiulu rely on gravity\/hill water sources. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":26649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26709,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26707\/revisions\/26709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}