Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said these third parties had influenced the villagers and persuaded them not to move out of their homes.
"It is an important project. It would have raised the status of the area and the quality of life for the 183 affected families. However, certain parties with their own agenda have influenced the residents not to cooperate with the state government and the developer.
"It is difficult for the state government to work for the people when third parties turn the residents against us," he said after chairing the weekly state executive council meeting yesterday.
The proposed project on the 6ha site follows an agreement last year between the state government and the residents that the land they were living on would be allocated to them, provided they paid for the redevelopment cost.
The families were required to pay RM12,300 for each plot of land, which included amenities like drainage, electricity and water.
However, due to a rise in the price of construction materials in the past two years, the redevelopment cost had gone up by RM4,000.
