Nation 25 Mar 2021
On the right hand side of the Sungai Muda is Penang, while the left hand side of the river is Kedah.At the front (blue roof) is Lahat Tiang Intake for PBA along Sungai Muda (April 29,2021). - CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
PUTRAJAYA: The wrangle between Kedah and Penang over Sungai Muda could be resolved by setting up a Muda River Basin Authority (MRBA), the Environment and Water Ministry has proposed.
Describing the confrontation between the Penang and Kedah governments over the river as “untenable”, the ministry’s secretary-general, Datuk Seri Zaini Ujang, said such an authority was provided for under the Federal Constitution.
GEORGE TOWN: It is time for Kedah and Penang to work together to save Ulu Muda’s water resources, says conservation group coalition Friends of Ulu Muda (FOUM).
Meenakshi Raman of the FOUM secretariat called upon the leaders of both states to work out a mutual agreement for the benefit of everyone.
“The river water originating from Ulu Muda Forest does not belong exclusively to anyone but is a shared resource.
“It is of critical importance for the drinking water supply to Kedah, Penang and Perlis, the irrigation of the rice bowl of Malaysia and a key driver for sustainable development, she said in a statement on Monday (April 5).
Environmentalists plead for Kedah, Penang to begin talks over water feud
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An environmental coalition has called on government heads of Kedah and Penang as well as Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to begin mediated talks between the two states over a water feud.
In an open letter addressed to the three parties, the Friends of Ulu Muda (Foum) made the plea amid increasing friction between the two state governments on the right to draw raw water from Sungai Muda for use as water supply for the Kedah and Penang people. Amongst other things, the Kedah state government has plans to divert and store water from the Muda River which would.