An aerial view showing an illegal factory’s proximity to the river. — filepic
BOTH the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) and the Hulu Langat Land Office plan to provide same deadlines to illegal factory operators operating on the Sungai Semenyih reserve land to move out.
MPKj president Mohd Sayuthi Bakar said the move was to enable enforcement units to take action at the same time.
He added that the land office had issued the notices to move out under different laws, namely the Street, Drainage and Building Act and the State Land Code, respectively.
“We need to coordinate the deadlines of the notices as we can only take action at the expiry of the deadline,” he said, adding that a meeting would be held today with the land office.
He, however, did not mention the original deadlines given to the operators and declined to commit to an expected date on the demolition of the factories.
Mohd Sayuthi said this when asked for updates on the five premises facing demolition orders for operating along the Sungai Semenyih reserve land.
“There is a possibility that one factory has moved out from the river reserve.
“But action will be taken if its new location is not in an industrial zone, including taking the operator to court,” he said at the MPKj full board meeting yesterday.
It was reported that the five premises, including a chicken processing plant, an electrical recycling items workshop and a furniture factory, were among the 58 factories found to be operating along Sungai Semenyih.
This follows the closure of an illegal factory that was said to be the cause of the water contamination in the Klang Valley early last month.
The water treatment plant near Sungai Semenyih had to be shut down, resulting in some 30,000 households to be without water.
On another matter, Mohd Sayuthi said the council had stepped up its preparation for possible natural disasters in view of the monsoon season.
“We have mobilised the Slope Unit to monitor slopes in high-risk areas and take note of any possible problems.
“Should something be detected, such as soil movement, the council will take immediate action before anything untoward happens.
“Our Pasukan Pantas (Quick Action Team) has also been activated and is on standby.
“They will be deployed to assist in emergency cases such as flood, landslide or if trees collapse,” he said.
Mohd Sayuthi also announced that the state government had allocated RM50,000 to instal CCTVs in low-cost flat schemes.
“We are in the process of shortlisting several flat schemes that are qualified for the project.
“They need to fulfil two criteria – the Joint Management Body or Joint Management Committee (JMB or JMC) has to be active, and there has to be an office or room where the CCTV equipment can be installed.
“As the allocation is limited, we will likely be able to instal the CCTVs in three locations only,” he said, adding that the CCTVs would be used for safety purposes to monitor vehicle and pedestrian access.
MPKj Planning Department director Datuk Nizam Sahari also presented updates on the Publicity and Public Participation Programme for the MPKj Draft Local Plan (Amendment 4) or MPKj Draft RT (Amendment 4).
“The duration was originally scheduled from Sept 27 to Oct 26. The state government had agreed to the council’s request to extend the publicity programme by an additional month (ending Nov 25) due to amendments to two Federal Government projects,” he said.
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