Etiqa Builds 22 Clean Water Tanks For Villagers

KUALA KRAI, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- A total of 22 clean water tanks have been built since 2017 under the Etiqa Clean Water Project, benefitting over 20,000 villagers.

Etiqa Family Takaful Berhad chief executive officer Zafri Ab Halim said this community project is part of Etiqa’s corporate social responsibility initiatives.

He said the programme, carried out in collaboration with Islamic Aid Malaysia, seeks to alleviate the challenges faced by local residents in accessing a year-round supply of clean water.

“The states that have benefitted from this initiative include Kelantan, Sabah, Kedah, Selangor, Perak, Sarawak, and Pahang.

“We believe that access to clean water is a basic right that every individual should enjoy. This is a crucial step to ensure the basic needs of rural residents are met, enabling them to lead better and more comfortable lives,” he told reporters after launching the Etiqa Clean Water Project in Kampung Bukit Budu here today.

Zafri said residents of Kampung Bukit Budu have relied on hill water sources for over 30 years, using a gravity-fed water system that they build together.

He also said that the system was insufficient to meet the growing needs of the residents and was prone to frequent pipe damage due to ageing infrastructure.

“Through this project, the old water catchment located on a hill near the village has been upgraded to provide a higher water quantity and pressure.

“We also replaced the old and worn-out pipes with new ones to channel treated water to the village homes,” he said.

He added that the project utilises a gravity system to deliver water from the catchment area through approximately three kilometres of polypipes from the intake point to the pump house.

“The water is filtered and treated using a high-scale synthetic membrane filtration system before being stored in a 5,000-gallon storage tank,” he said.

-- BERNAMA