Residents say Taman Ikhlas being neglected
Friday July 18, 2008
Story by GEETHA KRISHNAN
ILLEGAL dumping and open burning are being carried out near Taman Ikhlas in Bandar Sungai Long, Kajang.
According to Taman Ikhlas residents, the illegal activities were discovered a few weeks ago when a stench started emanating from a lane close to the housing area located deep inside Bandar Sungai Long.
Taman Ikhlas Residents Association pro tem committee chairman Azizul Shahrin Mohd Azizan told a press conference early this week that the smell worsened whenever strong winds blew in the direction of the housing area.
“Some of us decided to locate the source and found garbage bags containing restaurant waste dumped along the lane. Acrid smoke also rose from a burning pile of discarded plastic material,” he said.
Other residents said they saw one-tonne lorries turning into the lane every night and suspected these vehicles of transporting the restaurant waste and toxic materials.
The lane leads to a factory manufacturing rat poison.
Besides these problems, the existence of a foreign workers settlement on a hillock near the housing area was another cause for concern.
Overall, as resident Lee Sayer pointed out, Taman Ikhlas is suffering from neglect.
Lee wants the Kajang Municipal Council to act fast to resolve all these problems.
“The grass in the playground and perimeter area has not been cut for ages and the abandoned bungalow has been a sore sight for the past five years. The swimming pool is filthy,” he said.
Bandar Sungei Long Public Services Centre head Tony Mak, who represented Dusun Tua state assembly Ismail Sani, said the Department of Environment (DOE) would be informed of the open burning.
“The indiscriminate dumping of restaurant waste would also be brought to the attention of the council for immediate action.
“We will also ask the authorities to look into the foreign workers' illegal colony problem,” Mak said.
When contacted, council president Datuk Hasan Nawawi Abd Rahman promised to look into the matter.
Story by GEETHA KRISHNAN
ILLEGAL dumping and open burning are being carried out near Taman Ikhlas in Bandar Sungai Long, Kajang.
According to Taman Ikhlas residents, the illegal activities were discovered a few weeks ago when a stench started emanating from a lane close to the housing area located deep inside Bandar Sungai Long.
Taman Ikhlas Residents Association pro tem committee chairman Azizul Shahrin Mohd Azizan told a press conference early this week that the smell worsened whenever strong winds blew in the direction of the housing area.
“Some of us decided to locate the source and found garbage bags containing restaurant waste dumped along the lane. Acrid smoke also rose from a burning pile of discarded plastic material,” he said.
Other residents said they saw one-tonne lorries turning into the lane every night and suspected these vehicles of transporting the restaurant waste and toxic materials.
The lane leads to a factory manufacturing rat poison.
Besides these problems, the existence of a foreign workers settlement on a hillock near the housing area was another cause for concern.
Overall, as resident Lee Sayer pointed out, Taman Ikhlas is suffering from neglect.
Lee wants the Kajang Municipal Council to act fast to resolve all these problems.
“The grass in the playground and perimeter area has not been cut for ages and the abandoned bungalow has been a sore sight for the past five years. The swimming pool is filthy,” he said.
Bandar Sungei Long Public Services Centre head Tony Mak, who represented Dusun Tua state assembly Ismail Sani, said the Department of Environment (DOE) would be informed of the open burning.
“The indiscriminate dumping of restaurant waste would also be brought to the attention of the council for immediate action.
“We will also ask the authorities to look into the foreign workers' illegal colony problem,” Mak said.
When contacted, council president Datuk Hasan Nawawi Abd Rahman promised to look into the matter.
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