NGOs want to know conditions for Penang reclamation project approval
SM Mohamed Idris, president of both the Penang Consumers Association and Sahabat Alam Malaysia, said concerned citizens and NGOs have raised many issues about the Penang South Reclamation project. — Picture by KE Ooi
SM Mohamed Idris, president of both the Penang Consumers Association and Sahabat Alam Malaysia , said concerned citizens and NGOs have raised many issues about the project.He said the conditions must be made public so that the people can understand what conditions the National Physical Planning Council imposed on the PSR project.
“We do not know how the PSR could be approved when there were huge financial, social and environmental concerns over the project, including its effects on the livelihoods of local fishermen who will be affected by the project,” Mohamed Idris said in a statement today. Mohamed Idris said the estimated costs for Pan Island Link 1 , a component of the PTMP, will cost RM400 million per km of road compared to the RM68 million per km of the revised ECRL project.
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