“The cost of CCTVs are much cheaper now, so it makes sense that we use cameras that have good specifications,” said Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan.

“We have now received a letter of consent from the Selangor government. I have instructed the director-general of the National Solid Waste Management Department (Mohd Azhar Abd Hamid) to conduct due diligence and a joint inspection."

According to him, 87 hotspots were reported this week, same as the previous week, with 49 localities in Selangor, Penang (22), Sabah (seven), Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (five), Kedah (three), and Perak (one).

Beliau berkata projek berkenaan merupakan sebahagian usaha kerajaan dalam menangani insiden pencemaran sumber air mentah berlaku pada tahun-tahun sebelum ini yang telah menjejaskan kira-kira 1.6 juta pemegang akaun Air Selangor.

Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari berkata, setiap jemaah yang memohon dan menepati syarat kelayakan akan diberikan wang tunai sebanyak RM500 serta kit syifa termasuk ubat-ubatan, cecair pembasmi kuman, losen serta pelembap bibir.