KMT demands action to address water shortageBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday accused the government of not being proactive enough in addressing the water shortage and said that the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program failed to prevent the situation. The project’s aim is to build an environment without water shortages or flooding, where people have access to quality drinking water and water is a part of public recreation, it said. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Culture and Communications Committee director-general Alicia Wang accuses the government of mishandling water shortages at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Since August last year, there have been warning signs of tightening water supplies, committee deputy director-general Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) said. The government has not put enough effort into solving the water shortage, Alicia Wang said, adding that the president should personally direct the government’s response.

Source: Taipei Times March 25, 2021 15:56 UTC