Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Noh Omar has urged Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali to come clean on the progress of developments around Paya Indah Wetlands.

At a press conference today, Noh claimed that the project had commenced without approval from the National Physical Planning Council chaired by prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and with representation from all state governments.

"A meeting was held two weeks ago and Selangor was represented by state exco Iskandar Samad.

"During the meeting, the (project) paper was not presented because there were 135 complaints from various agencies, that if the project was to proceed, there would be damage to the eco-system," Noh said after attending the Selangor Youth Day celebration at Petaling Jaya today.

He said the council had requested that the state government initiate mitigation works to address some of the complaints.

He said this when asked for comments on alleged silence from the Selangor government over concerns raised against the project, including by Umno Sungai Besar chief Jamal Md Yunos.

Jamal had last month reportedly taken the media on a helicopter ride to view alleged destruction of water catchment areas within Paya Indah Wetlands, purportedly due to ongoing development.

He also alleged that the project to develop an area of around 1,000 hectares is valued at about RM30 billion and of which 10 percent would go towards funding PKR's general elections campaign.

Former PKR man Badrul Hisham Shaharin had in the past also highlighted alleged discrepancies in purported approval of the project under Mohamed Azmin's administration.

He hadlodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in August last year against the Selangor government over the purported change of land usage of Paya Indah Wetlands.