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NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
TOKYO: A structural collapse occurred at a demolition site in an industrial area in Japan's Kawasaki City on Monday (April 28), injuring four workers and leaving one trapped.
At around 9:30 a.m. local time, emergency services received reports of the structural collapse. Firefighters and police rushed to the scene and found that part of the structure being dismantled had collapsed, involving five workers in total, national broadcaster NHK reported.
According to police, four of the five workers have been rescued. One suffered serious injuries while three sustained minor injuries.
The remaining worker is believed to have fallen into the basement level and is still awaiting rescue efforts, according to the report.
The site is located in a reclaimed area of the Keihin Industrial Zone, surrounded by logistics warehouses and other industrial facilities.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. - Xinhua
PENDANG – Suasana meriah bagi persiapan Majlis Rumah Terbuka Aidilfitri daerah Pendang di dataran Tasik Pendang, di sini bertukar cemas selepas kira-kira tujuh khemah vendor di situ terbalik akibat ribut dan hujan lebat dalam kejadian malam tadi.
Wakil vendor 1 Minute Miracle, Siti Nurhanim Mohd Norizan, 25, berkata, kejadian disedari berlaku kira-kira pukul 7.45 malam ketika kebanyakan vendor sedang sibuk membuat persediaan akhir sebelum majlis bermula pada pukul 8 malam.
“Semasa kejadian saya sedang membuat siaran langsung di media sosial manakala rakan-rakan lain sedang sibuk membancuh air balang untuk tetamu majlis tersebut.
“Ketika itu cuaca agak mendung sebelum tiba-tiba berlaku ribut dan angin kuat mengangkat khemah kami dan beberapa khemah vendor lain,” katanya di sini, hari ini.
Sementara itu, Pegawai Angkatan Pertahanan Awam (APM) Daerah Pendang, Leftenan (PA) Yuslina Yusoff berkata, kejadian ribut yang berlaku kira-kira pukul 7.45 malam itu menyebabkan tujuh khemah vendor terbalik dan mengalami kerosakan.
“Selain itu, terdapat sebuah kereta milik Pegawai Veterinar Daerah Pendang turut mengalami kerosakan teruk akibat dihempap khemah. Walau bagaimanapun semua orang yang berada di lokasi kejadian dilaporkan selamat dan tiada sebarang kecederaan yang dilaporkan,” ujarnya.- KOSMO! ONLINE
SHAH ALAM: Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS) membentangkan pelan tindakan dan langkah segera bagi menangani isu banjir di tiga kawasan kritikal di Selangor.
Kawasan itu melibatkan Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam; Meru, Klang dan Taman Seri Alam, Sungai Buloh.
Exco Infrastruktur dan Pertanian negeri, Datuk Izham Hashim berkata, beliau mempengerusikan mesyuarat koordinasi khas bersama JPS dan pihak terlibat bagi membincangkan isu itu semalam.
Jelas beliau, JPS membentangkan perancangan jangka masa panjang, sederhana dan langkah bagi menangani isu banjir di tiga kawasan tersebut.
“Saya tekankan berkali-kali bahawa kerajaan Persekutuan dan kerajaan negeri sedang membuat pelbagai langkah mitigasi banjir jangka panjang sebagai penyelesaian muktamad banjir. Namun, langkah segera yang boleh diselesaikan dalam masa beberapa hari mesti dilaksanakan sedaya upaya,” katanya hari ini.
Menurut Izham, langkah penyelesaian segera banjir di Meru antaranya melibatkan penyelenggaraan parit atau longkang tidak bertuan.
“Selain itu, ia meliputi pemasangan ‘Flap Gate’ di Sungai Binjai dan mengaktifkan operasi ‘booster pump’ di lokasi sama. Pengalihan utiliti di dalam sungai itu turut akan dilakukan,” ujarnya.
Kata beliau, penyelesaian di Taman Sri Muda pula meliputi menaik taraf sistem saliran dalaman ke tahap perlindungan lebih tinggi.
“Ia juga antaranya melibatkan pembesaran kolam takungan, pengukuhan ban tanah di tebing Sungai Klang dan pembinaan ban sama di tebing Sungai Rasau. Selain itu, kita memfokuskan penguatkuasaan pencerobohan tanah rizab tepi sungai dan pengalihan kabel utiliti atau paip yang menghalang longkang serta menaik taraf sistem automasi pintu kawalan air,” katanya.
Tambah Izham, JPS turut membentangkan status kemajuan kerja pembaikan Kolam Takungan Banjir Hillpark, Puncak Alam yang pecah lagi kali kedua sehingga mengakibatkan banjir di Taman Seri Alam semalam.
“Pihak Hillpark Resources melalui perbincangan bersama JPS dan persatuan penduduk taman itu mencadangkan beberapa langkah segera bagi mengatasi masalah kolam takungan pecah ini. Langkah-langkah segera akan dilaksanakan serta merta pada minggu ini dan saya akan turun ke Klang dan Taman Seri Alam dalam masa terdekat bagi memantau perkara yang dipersetujui itu,” katanya. – UTUSAN
SHAH ALAM: Mangsa letupan paip gas Putra Height, Subang Jaya dari Kampung Kuala Sungai Baru, Mohd. Khairul Amin Mohd.Rashid, 38, berazam bangkit kembali membangunkan perniagaan yang musnah akibat kejadian yang berlaku pada Hari Aidilfitri kedua lalu.
Beliau yang mengusahakan perniagaan kanopi, sewaan pengangkutan dan kedai makan berkata, beliau lebih banyak menyendiri dan memantau keadaan ibunya, Yatimah Mohd.Noor, 69, yang masih dirawat akibat melecur di beberapa bahagian tubuh di Hospital Putrajaya.
“Bukan mudah untuk saya pulih dari trauma dalam masa yang singkat. Baru sekarang saya mempunyai kekuatan untuk berhadapan dengan orang ramai.
“Ada pihak media yang cuba menghubungi untuk temuramah selepas beberapa hari kejadian yang tidak diduga itu berlaku. Namun saya tiada kekuatan untuk berkongsi,”katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada Majlis Aidilfitri Bersama Usahawan Hijrah Selangor di Seksyen 7 di sini hari ini.
Terdahulu beliau dan seorang lagi usahawan, Azrim Shaari,52, menerima bantuan Inisiatif Kasih Hijrah sebanyak RM2,000 seorang daripada Exco Pembangunan Belia & Kemajuan Sukan, Pemberdayaan Usahawan & Ekonomi Kreatif, Pengurusan Bencana Selangor, Mohd. Najwan Mohd. Halimi.
Sementara itu, Azrim dari Kampung Tengah berkata, beliau mengalami kerugian lebih RM15,000 selepas rumah, kenderaan dan barangan rumah rosak akibat kejadian tersebut.
“Anak-anak jadi takut. Mereka tidak mahu lagi tinggal di rumah itu. Saya pun masih fikir macam mana hendak mulakan semula.
“Sebagai peniaga alat pemadam kebakaran kesemua produk perniagaan berada di pejabat di Rimbayu. Cuma masalah pada saat ini bagaimana dan kepada siapa tuntutan kerugian hendak disalurkan,”ujarnya. – UTUSAN
PETALING JAYA: The veterinary services department (DVS) and the environment department (DoE) in Perak have launched a probe into allegations of pollution affecting Sungai Bidor.
The pollution was claimed to be due to pig and duck farming activities near Jalan Bruseh near Bidor, Sinar Harian reported.
State executive councillor A Sivanesan said both departments had visited the farms in question to assess the situation.
The human resources, health, Indian community affairs and national integration committee chairman said the departments also took water samples for analysis, including for testing the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD).
“Samples were taken from both the pig and duck farms. Investigations found that the pig farm complies with the required regulations. Effluent samples from the final discharge point and the drainage channel leading to the river have also been sent for lab analysis.
“As for the duck farm, investigations revealed it does not use a pond system for rearing ducks, and therefore no wastewater is being discharged from the site,” he told a press conference at Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan today.
Also present at the press conference was state science, environment, and green technology committee chairman Teh Kok Lim.
Sivanesan said the results and full analysis are expected next week and will be assessed in accordance with the state’s Pig Farming Control Enactment 1992.
“Based on sampling records from last year and January this year, the BOD readings from the pig farm complied with the minimum discharge limit of less than 50 parts per million.
“All pig farms in Perak are currently implementing the modern pig farming system, which practises zero discharge. DVS conducts biannual sampling to ensure compliance.”
He also noted that the DoE, through its environmental quality monitoring programme, found that water quality at three manual monitoring stations along Sungai Bidor fell within Class I and II – indicating clean water categories.
“The most recent test conducted in February showed that Sungai Bidor remained at the Class II level. The department will continue monitoring and conducting in-situ testing to determine the river’s water quality index,” he added.
The issue of pig farms has become a central point for Perikatan Nasional in its campaign for the Ayer Kuning state seat by-election in Perak, with concerns raised over their presence in a predominantly Malay area.
Malaysiakini yesterday reported PAS vice-president Idris Ahmad as claiming to have evidence proving that Sungai Bidor had suffered pollution due to a nearby pig farm. He said water samples from the river had been sent to a private lab for testing.
Sivanesan previously dismissed PAS’s allegations of widespread illegal pig farming in the state, stating that all 85 farms were licensed by DVS.