NSTnation RM5 free water for each household in Sarawak
The state government will subsidise the cost of water and electricity for the rakyat in its efforts to provide an equitable level of basic amenities to all households in Sarawak.
Apart from that, the Sarawak government will also be subsidising the cost of new electricity connections for low income urban households. An allocation of RM8 million has been allocated for the initiative and estimated to benefit 2,200 households in 2020. In addition, the tariff for taking or impounding of water from any river or stream for generation of electricity or electrical energy as stipulated in Part VIII of the Fourth Schedule of the Water Supply Regulations 1995, will also be increased from the current one sen per kWh to two and a half sen per kWh of electricity generated.
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