This is in response to criticisms and allegations by political rivals revolving around the state’s decision to end the blanket free water scheme that has been enjoyed in Selangor since 2008, and rebrand it as the Darul Ehsan Water Scheme (SADE) beginning March 2020.

Hee said that discussions are ongoing with the local authorities, and workshops will be organised for all 12 local authorities under Selangor to discuss the implementation and process.

State executive councillor for poverty eradication V. Papparaidu said the programme, aimed at the underprivileged and low-income groups across all 56 state constituencies, involves an allocation of RM7.51 million.

He said, this year, Yide is also allocating almost RM1.7mil as Aidilfitri donations for 11,386 orphans from 6,388 families registered with Yide.

Selangor memperuntuk RM16.48 juta tahun ini bagi program pemberian baucar perayaan mengikut komponen kaum yang memanfaatkan 82,400 penerima.