BY: HAFIZAN TAIB
PUCHONG, JUL 19: The Selangor Government is ready to retake land approved to the Federal Government in Selangor if there were no plans for development in those areas.
Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said the Selangor State Executive Council (MMKN) discussed the issue at a recent meeting because there were still some areas that were left undeveloped for a long period.
He said that the state government decided to hold a discussion with the Education Ministry through the Selangor State Secretary regarding development plans in those areas.
“We are waiting for feedback from the ministry whether there are any plans and allocation for the development of schools.
“If there are none, we will take the land back,” he said during a media conference after the Taman Puchong Utama ground-breaking ceremony today.
He said this in reply to a media question regarding public complaints that Rumah Selangorku development areas lacked public facilities.
He added that a lot of land was approved to the Federal Government for public development to construct buildings such as primary and secondary schools as well as hospitals and other facilities, but were still undeveloped.
“Some areas have been undeveloped for over 10 years, so we decided that the State Secretary should have a meeting with the ministry to get feedback about the development plans.
“Are there plans to build a school on the approved land because we are concerned that in the past, such land was sold by the Federal Government to the private sector for commercial purposes.
“This is totally against the conditions of the land approval,” he said.
