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Indah Water, please clean up this shit! |
| Tarani Palani | May 29, 08 5:57pm |
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Residents of Taman Bayu Perdana in Klang, some 35km from Kuala Lumpur, have been living with the unpleasant stench of faeces for the past three weeks.
The inactive plant has resulted in rising faeces from drains in the housing estate. The situation has gotten to the stage where the faeces are now spilling over to the pavements. Resident representative of Sri Angkasa, Mohemmad Ishak Hassan, said he lodged a complaint to IWK around mid-May during the early stages of the problem. “But we saw no improvement in the situation.” “In three weeks, the situation has worsened and now the drains are clogged and the faeces are overflowing onto the pavement. It is especially unbearable in the mornings,” he lamented. “Because of the lack of response from WIK, we took the matter to the Kota Alam Shah state assemblyperson M Ganesan yesterday.” Mohemmad said. Ganesan was at the site this morning for an inspection. Over 300 affected According to Mohemmad, around 300 residents from Sri Angkasa Bayu Perdana, Sri Bayu Perdana, Primabayu and Nestabayu are affected by the inactive plant.
“A police report has been launched and the waiting period is what has prolonged IWK’s response.” He said “pumps have been repaired this morning and they are running but it will take two weeks for a fully functional plant.” Amin added that this is not the first time such theft has occurred and IWK will be hiring security guards in the future as a preventive measure. |
The cables of the Indah Water Consortium (IWK) plant were reported stolen thus rendering it ineffective in processing sewerage waste of the neighbourhood.
When contacted, IWK Communication Department head Amin Abdullah explained that the delay in fixing the problem was caused by a metal theft where power supply and control panels were also stolen.” he said