GEORGE TOWN, March 21 -- Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) will lay its longest major pipeline next year after obtaining approval from the relevant agencies.

PBAPP's chief executive officer, Datuk K. Pathmanathan, stated that the new RM128 million pipeline project will benefit 165,054 registered water consumers in the northeast and southwest districts of the island.

"Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) has given PBAPP the green light to lay the pipeline underground across highway reserve land under the jurisdiction of LLM," he said in a statement issued today.

He said the 13km pipeline will run across or along many parcels of land in North Seberang Perai including along Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) and the North-South Expressw...