After more than 50 years depending on spring water, the Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJK) Ladang Escot in Hulu Selangor finally received piped water today.

SJK Tamil Ladang Escot has an enrolment of 60 pupils who are mainly children of oil palm estate workers and has 11 teaching staff.

Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) executive chairperson Rozali Ismail said the utility finally decided to swing into action on learning of the predicament the school was facing during the just-concluded Hulu Selangor by-election.

"This is to reciprocate the support given by the people in Barisan Nasional's win in the by-election. As a government-linked company, we will support the government's aspirations," he told reporters after checking on the pipe-laying work to supply water to the school today.

He added that the job entailed a 1.5km-pipeline with the overall cost of the water supply project to the school totalling RM600,000.

Also present was the newly-elected member of parliament for the constituency, P. Kamalanathan.

– Bernama