A growing problem at Seputih Permai

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THE illegal dumping site just opposite the road from Seputih Permai Condominium is now just an eyesore but residents fear more serious problems would develop if action is not taken to stop the activity.

“The clearing is becoming bigger since the dumping started and could attract rats as well become smelly,” said a resident Nantha Kumar, 37, who is self-employed.

Nantha, who has been living there for the past eight years, said last week a lorry had become stuck in the clearing and had to be towed out.

“Our security guards stopped them from leaving the place until the police came. I learnt that the police took down the driver’s details and let them go,” Nantha said, adding that other residents had noted Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officers presence at the site then.

He also said that more than one waste disposal company’s lorries come to the clearing to dump their loads consisting of items like construction debris.

The condominium management corporation chairman Wong Ching Yin said the area had been cleared about four months ago by TNB workers.

“The workers cut down a few trees by the road to facilitate their work with some cables and this involved some digging. The excess earth was dumped next to where they were digging and that made others follow suit,” Wong said.

He added that it was around then that they lodged a complaint to both DBKL and Alam Flora regarding the dumping.

Wong said in the report, they had suggested to the authorities the setting up a barrier to prevent people from entering the clearing to dump items.

“DBKL replied that it would try to locate the landowner but has not been successful so far. Alam Flora on the other hand, replied that DBKL did not have an allocation to put up a barrier,” he said.

Nantha added that Alam Flora personnel had come a few times since they lodged the complaint to level the area but this has not deterred the dumping activity.

When contacted, DBKL said that they were still in the process of identifying the landowner via the Federal Territories Land and Mines Office.