RM1.5mil set aside for clean-up in Kajang

The Star, Saturday November 8, 2014

THE Selangor state government has granted an initial allocation of RM1.5mil to the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) to manage waste clean-up work in the municipality. 

The grant is part of the state government’s plan to urge local councils to start managing their own waste instead of hiring contractors, and the focus would be on cleaning up public areas involving solid and bulk waste.

Local Government, Legalising of Factories and New Village Development Committee chairman Ean Yong Hian Wah said the rubbish problem was an issue that the state government wanted to solve.

“We want all local councils to carry out in-house clean-up work in the next two or three years,” he said at Menara MPKj.

Yong said MPKj had already started the clean-up work and it would continue for the next three months to see if it was effective.

“We received numerous complaints from residents about rubbish problems and we hope this campaign would help minimise the issue,” he added.

Meanwhile, MPKj president Datuk Hassan Nawawi Abdul Rahman said the council would be requesting additional funds for the clean-up works.

“The initial allocation has been received, but we will need additional funds,” he said, adding that the council would be applying for an additional allocation of RM3.2mil.

Yong and Hassan also visited a proposed landfill in Kampung Pasir and a proposed transfer station site in Bandar Baru Bangi.