IPOH, April 26 -- The Perak state government is appealing to the Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry to reopen the Ayer Ganda water treatment plant in Gerik.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu said he had met minister Dr Xavier Jeyakumar in Parliament recently to discuss the issue but was rejected.

"I wrote a long letter to the minister but his reply was that the treatment plant could not be reopened unless it receives the green light from the Health Ministry that water there is safe to be used."

"However, deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye has said the water is safe to be used for shower and washing," he said.

Speaking to reporters here today after witnessing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betw...