Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said 40ha of the land were in the Petaling district, followed by Klang (86ha), Gombak (32ha), Hulu Langat (33ha), Sepang (29ha), Kuala Langat (142ha), Kuala Selangor (40ha), Hulu Selangor (20ha) and Sabak Bernam (1ha).

Most of the land was initially used for agriculture, but after some time, shops and houses were built there, he said in response to a question from Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar (PH-Meru) on the encroachment of state land.

Meanwhile, state tourism, environment, green technology and indigenous affairs committee chairman Hee Loy Sian said the Langat 2 Water Treatment Plant (LRA) project, which included the construction of a service pool and distribution system, is scheduled to be completed by Dec 31, 2023, involving a total cost of RM2.38 billion.

“(Part of) the LRA Langat 2 started operations on Dec 21, 2019, with a capacity of 565 million litres per day through ‘Stream B’. The clean water is supplied to Hulu Langat, Petaling and Kuala Lumpur with an average current production of 430 litres per day.

“Stream A, which has a capacity of 565 litres per day, has been commissioned and was scheduled to be handed over to Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd on Oct 30.

“However, since the pipe network for the clean water distribution is not yet completed, the full capacity of this LRA cannot be used,” he added.

Hee was responding to a question by Zakaria Hanafi (BN-Semenyih) on the Langat 2 LRA, the cost of the project and measures taken by the state government to address the issue on water pollution involving the Semenyih LRA.