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
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.
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.
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government will implement 11 immediate flood mitigation measures at flood-prone areas, such as Taman Sri Muda, Meru and Taman Seri Alam, in the state.
State Infrastructure and Agriculture Committee chairman Datuk Ir Izham Hashim said the decision was reached at a special coordination meeting held yesterday between state executive councillors, several assemblymen, related local authorities as well as government agencies such as the Selangor Public Works Department and the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID).
The DID presented long term and middle term plans along with immediate measures to tackle floods in the three areas during the meeting, he added.
“For Meru, unowned drains will be maintained and flag gates will be installed at Sungai Binjai as part of the Sungai Kapar Kecil and Sungai Kapar Besar flood mitigation plans. Booster pumps at Sungai Binjai will be activated as well,” he said in a statement here today.
“Other measures include enforcement on trespassing on river land reserves and the shifting of utility cables and pipes that obstruct drains and the upgrade of the No 3 water control gate automated system,” Izham said, adding that the Selangor DID had also presented progress reports on the repair work done for the flood retention pond in Hillpark, Puncak Alam that broke for the second time, flooding Taman Seri Alam early yesterday morning.
He said Hillpark Resources had suggested several immediate measures to tackle the problem that will be implemented this week during discussions with the DID and residents’ association, adding that he would visit the area to chart the progress as well as the immediate and long-term measures agreed upon in the area.
