Isu: Pencemaran Alam Sekitar - Raise Awareness To Save Environment -

dexa

gs -
ain't it a good news -
but then  baru aje tengok liverpool vs chelsea
seri  --  liverpool main okay -- (ada juga part2 yang
depa main macam kambing sikit2) tapi ah  tak ada nasib
dah lah masukkan crouch yang hensem tu
(walaupun tak sehensem...    )  lagi few minutes
permainan nak tamat - ish tak ada maknanya -


*btw re: pencemaran ni -- saya rasa di sungai2
dan creek lah tempat yang orangramai sokmo
cemarkan airnya dengan membuang waste
yang bukan sahaja akan kacau ecosystem kat dalam tu
tapi -- dari segi health - bila orang nak mandi manda
-- membawa kepada eczema  dan sebagainya --

kulit tu kena jaga sokmo -- cuz easily prone to macam2
penyakit kulit  -

Syd

Minda Lestari: Penjagaan alam sekitar beri pahala berterusan
Bersama Prof Dr Zaini Ujang ([email protected])


HADIS sahih diriwayatkan Anas ra menyebut bahawa Rasulullah SAW bersabda, bermaksud: 揂da tujuh pahala yang tetap diterima seseorang apabila dia mati kelak, iaitu: Orang mendirikan masjid dan masjid itu terus digunakan orang ramai sebagai tempat ibadat; Orang mengalirkan air sungai selagi orang tetap menggunakannya; Orang menulis mushaf selagi masih ada orang membacanya; Orang menggali perigi selagi ada orang memanfaatkannya; Orang menanam tumbuhan selagi ada yang memakan buahnya (sama ada manusia atau binatang); Orang mengajarkan ilmunya selagi ilmu itu diamalkan oleh mereka yang mempelajarinya dan orang meninggalkan anak soleh dan anak itu sentiasa mendoakan kesejahteraan kedua-dua orang tuanya

dexa

Panic as monitor lizards run free



The two monitor lizards that ran wild in the city centre before being caught
by a hawker yesterday evening. The reptiles were later taken away by a man
and what happened to them after that is not known.


JOHOR BARU: Workers cleaning a drain near the Johor Baru Central police station on Wednesday found more than just rubbish.

When the drain cover was lifted, they discovered two monitor lizards inside. The animals, measuring about 1.5 metres each, bolted while the workers fled in the 6pm incident.

The lizards roamed free in the city centre for some time, causing a stir among the rush- hour crowd.

Raymond Wong, who works in Singapore, said he spotted the lizards as he was about to go to a money changer.

"I have seen many rats in the city抯 back lanes but this was the first time I have come across monitor lizards.


"Luckily, they were not aggressive."


The lizards were caught by a hawker who tied them to a fence. Soon after, the spot was thronged by passers-by who wanted to take a closer look at the animals.


The hawker, who declined to be named, said the reptiles might have entered the city from the Johor Strait before seeking refuge in the drain.

He later gave away the reptiles to a man. A money changer said the local authority should clean all the drains in the city.


"Running through the city centre is the polluted Sungai Segget. I believe the lizards must have entered the drains from the river." Monitor lizards are mainly found in burrows built near river banks.


Feeding on crabs, snakes and other small animals, the reptiles run faster than humans as they have powerful leg muscles. A monitor抯 bite can be painful as the reptile has powerful jaws.

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okay - that lizards look scary - i am not the one who found it -
and yet -  this is what happened when  we never took care of our
environment --  perhaps - this monitor lizards didnt know where else
to go - semua tempat kotor  teruk - depa pun suspense nak gi mana --

i think they are quite dangerous -- not as dangerous as gila monster
or komodo dragon but still - i dun like their face -- reminds me of crocodiles -
any reptile  -  they are usually dangerous  (maybe except for gecko - eventhen
lots of people 'geli' -- with geckos) --

anyway - the point is - let's hope we have some sense of cleaning environment
so that -- this monitor lizard or any dangerous animals  wont be roamed around
cuz of dirty places  - and disturb their habitats -

dexa

Kelantan to use micro-organism method to clean river
By IAN MCINTYRE

KOTA BARU: The state drainage and irrigation department (DID) has launched the first ever attempt to rehabilitate the worst polluted river here by using a special micro-organism method.

The method involves the transplanting of a generic designed mirco-organism into the mud sediments at the riverbed.

"It is the first time Kelantan rivers have been exposed to the micro-organism form of rehabilitating," said state DID director Lim Chow Hock after the launching of the rehabilitation effort at Sungai Pengkalan Chepa by state Infrastructure committee chairman Mej (B) Md Anizam Ab Rahman.

Lim said such a method has been applied to rivers in Perlis, Penang and Selangor where initial findings have indicated an improvement in the riverwater quality in some cases.

Currently, the DID has transplanted the micro organism into the mud along a 2km stretch of the river.

There are about 1,500 forms of rivers in Kelantan where the biggest water artery is Sungai Kelantan which dominates the landscape in the state while Sungai Pengkalan Chepa is currently, the worst polluted.

Lim said if the method is proven successful then the DID would adopt it for most of the river rehabilitation efforts in the state.

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well whatever method they are using as long as the goal is
to have the river cleanse ---    salute to the DID for making
a good attempt to clean the environment -

dexa

Setiap hari bau busuk
Laporan OMAR OSMAN

SUNGAI PETANI: Biarpun pelbagai aduan dibuat, namun sehingga kini tiada tindakan diambil bagi memindahkan pusat ternakan babi yang beroperasi berhampiran Kampung Baru Bukit Ayer Nasi, Semeling, dekat sini.

Kegagalan memindahkan pusat itu ke tempat lain menyebabkan penduduk kampung terbabit serta beberapa taman perumahan berhampiran terpaksa menghidu bau busuk dari pusat ternakan berkenaan setiap hari.

Penduduk, Abu Hassan Din, 56, berkata mereka kini tidak tahan lagi menghidu bau busuk berpunca daripada pusat ternakan babi itu, terutama selepas hujan, menyebabkan mereka terpaksa menutup semua pintu dan tingkap.

Katanya, bau busuk itu sangat ketara selepas hujan kerana ia bukan saja boleh dihidu penduduk kampung itu, malah merebak sehingga beberapa kampung dan taman perumahan sekitar Semeling, termasuk sebuah pusat pengajian tinggi kira-kira satu kilometer dari kampung berkenaan.

揗alah, takungan najis babi di pusat ternakan melimpah keluar dan ini membimbangkan penduduk kerana najis berkenaan memasuki parit yang melalui kawasan rumah mereka.

Penduduk kesal kerana sebelum ini pihak berkenaan berjanji mahu memindahkan pusat ternakan itu ke kawasan lain, namun sehingga kini tiada tindakan diambil.

揓ika dulu jumlah babi yang diternak di pusat itu hanya sekitar 500 ekor, kini ia meningkat kepada lebih 1,000 ekor berikutan pusat berkenaan dijadikan tempat bekalan pembiakan,

dexa

Pollution: Noxious smell irks residents
By : NORHAYATI JUSOH, Kuala Lumpur


BOUGHT a house in Taman Kuning Permai, Batu 3, Jalan Air Kuning, Taiping.

A month ago while visiting the housing estate, I noticed an overpowering noxious smell of ammonia emitted from a latex coagulating factory situated opposite the estate.

The factory has been there for many years but at that time, the town was small and there were no houses in that area. The town has expanded and more development is coming.

We have laws against pollution including air, chemical and noise.

Don抰 we have a law against odour pollution? How are the residents in that area to live with the unpleasant smell emitted daily by the factory?

I hope the Department of Environment can look into this problem.

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cant believe they threw ammonia near housing estate --
well didnt matter where --  point is ammonia is toxic substance --

i am sure not only in taiping this kind of pollution happened  but
many areas   and hopefully the residents will take seriously about
the pollution in their environment -

dexa

RM100,000 fine hangs over developer
By DAWN CHAN

THE developer operating a sewage treatment plant in Bandar Utama, will be charged with allegedly discharging effl uents beyond the permitted level, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of fi sh in the Kota Damansara retention pond on Aug 8.
If found guilty, the developer is liable to a maximum fi ne of RM100,000 or fi ve years

devil_advocate

Pollution: Noxious smell irks residents
By : NORHAYATI JUSOH, Kuala Lumpur

I BOUGHT a house in Taman Kuning Permai, Batu 3, Jalan Air Kuning, Taiping.

A month ago while visiting the housing estate, I noticed an overpowering noxious smell of ammonia emitted from a latex coagulating factory situated opposite the estate.

The factory has been there for many years but at that time, the town was small and there were no houses in that area. The town has expanded and more development is coming.

We have laws against pollution including air, chemical and noise.

Don抰 we have a law against odour pollution? How are the residents in that area to live with the unpleasant smell emitted daily by the factory?

I hope the Department of Environment can look into this problem.




jalan depan rumah wa berapa kali air dari longkang ker  dari sewage keluar mengalir kat jalanraya  busukkkk sangat   memang kotor kat malaysia ni  pencemaran bau   pencemaran air   udara  wa mmg tak tahan!!

devil_advocate

Kilang makanan ayam berdegil
Oleh Nor Aziah Othman


PORT DICKSON: Sebuah kilang yang mengeluarkan produk makanan ayam di Kampung Kebun Jimah, Lukut, yang diarahkan berpindah ke kawasan baru berdegil walaupun menyedari tindakan itu menyebabkan ramai penduduk kampung berkenaan terus menderita sakit.

Ahli Undangan Dewan Negeri (Adun) Chuah, Foo Ming Chee berkata, kilang yang hampir 10 tahun itu sudah beberapa kali diberi amaran oleh Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) dan Biro Pengaduan Awam, Jabatan Perdana Menteri supaya memindahkan kilangnya.

Katanya, amaran itu tidak dihiraukan malah kilang itu terus meneruskan operasinya di kampung itu hingga menyebabkan penduduk kampung yang berdekatan menghadapi pelbagai masalah kesihatan.

"Sebelum ini kilang yang terletak enam kilometer dari jalan utama ke Sepang dan hujung kampung ini hanya sebuah kilang kecil yang beroperasi secara kecil-kecilan," katanya ketika ditemui, semalam.

Foo berkata, lama kelamaan kilang itu meluaskan operasinya dan menjadi pembekal kepada penternak ayam dari dalam dan luar negara.

Untuk memenuhi permintaan pelanggan pengusaha kilang itu menggunakan trailer yang kerap keluar masuk ke kampung ini," katanya.

Menurut Foo, pihak kilang telah ditawarkan sebidang tanah lain untuknya beroperasi di Bukit Pelandok dengan sewaan hanya sekadar RM1,000 sebulan.

"Tawaran itu tidak dihiraukan oleh pemilik kilang terbabit hingga menyusahkan penduduk kampung ini," katanya.

Menurutnya, pihaknya akan mengadakan rundingan yang akan disertai pegawai daerah, pemilik kilang terbabit dan wakil penduduk bagi menyelesaikan masalah itu.

"Pertemuan itu akan diadakan dalam tempoh terdekat bagi mengurangkan kemarahan penduduk," katanya.

Tinjauan Harian Metro di Kampung Kebun Jimah mendapati penduduk mula membina penghadang simen setinggi 60 sentimeter bagi menghalang kenderaan berat keluar masuk ke kampung itu.

Bau busuk juga dapat dihidu di kilang yang mempunyai kira-kira 30 pekerja asing dari Nepal itu.

Seorang penduduk, Chua Su Yong, 76, berkata dia kesal dengan sikap degil penguasaha kilang terbabit yang tidak menghiraukan arahan JAS dan Biro Pengaduan Awam, Jabatan Perdana Menteri supaya memindahkan operasi kilang itu.

Chua yang sudah bermastautin hampir 47 tahun di Kampung Kebun Jimah terpaksa berbelanja kira-kira RM700 sebulan bagi membeli ubat kesan perbuatan pengusaha kilang yang tidak bertanggungjawab itu.

"Kilang itu hanya sejauh kira-kira 20 meter dari rumah saya dan selama ini banyak menyusahkan kami sekeluarga," katanya.

Menurutnya, rawatan diterima di hospital tidak mampu mengurangkan kegatalan kulitnya dan dia juga mengalami sakit paru-paru.




wa rasa kilang tu mmg dah kurang ajar   patut gomen ambik tindakan cepat  jangan sampai banyak penyakit baru nak cari jalan penyelesaian     kalau wa     wa bakar aje kilang tu    hehe

devil_advocate

Residents raise a stink over blocked drain

KLANG: Residents of Jalan Seri Siantan 46 and 44 of Taman Sri Andalas have been enduring a foul stench emanating from a 1m-deep drain in front of their house for more than 10 years.



V. Thangaraju claims evenings are the worst with swarms of mosquitoes
around the drain.


That particular stretch of drain is stagnant and a breeding place for mosquitoes.

V. Thangaraju who moved into the area last December said every evening, around 6.30pm, mosquitos swarmed the area and the smell was also unbearable.


"The mud is about 30cm deep and is blocking the water flow."


He has complained four times to the Klang Municipal Council since he moved in but no action was taken.


"After each complaint, there will always be people taking pictures of the drain but nothing happens afterwards," he said.


After the second complaint, a letter from Alam Flora indicated that the drain had uneven surface with parts of it affected by mudslides.


But there the drain remains, unchanged and smelly.


Norchadah Ibrahim, 51 said she and her husband had made many complaints but still the problem was not solved.

"I urge the MPK not to wait for dengue cases before making a move," she said.


Another resident, Anantha Vass, 53 said the problem had been going on since 1982.


"We don't even bother to make any complaints now as nothing has been done with all our complaints," he said.


Meanwhile, council public relations officer Norfiza Mahfiz said a letter had been sent to the Department of Environment Klang to monitor the cleaning work undertaken by Alam Flora.


"As the residents claim it is clogged, we forwarded the matter to the engineering department as the drain has uneven surface," she said.




kat rumah wa pun ada masalah macam ni  clogged drain   lepas tu busuk bau  sampah sarap yang tersekat!  dah called alam flora tapi hampehhhh   :@

nevberg

apabila duit mengatasi semuanya....alam sekitar tak bersih pun depa peduli apa...

tapi mereka sedar tak yang bumi tempat kita tinggal....kalau bumi pun tak selamat nak duduk...nak duduk kat mana lagi?..

car閒actor_z閞o

Sungai kedua terpanjang di M'sia diancam pencemaran
21-09-2007
Oleh Haslin Gaffor  

KINABATANGAN:  "Dengan rezeki daripada sungai inilah, saya menyara hidup dan membesarkan anakanak tetapi kini semuanya telah berubah, hasil tangkapan udang dan ikan semakin berkurangan," begitulah keluhan Singgong Musa, seorang nelayan yang terjejas mata pencariannya akibat pencemaran di Sungai Kinabatangan.

Sungai Kinabatangan, sepanjang 560km, merupakan sungai kedua terpanjang di Malaysia dan terpenting di Sabah kerana peranannya sebagai kawasan tadahan air dan satu kaedah perhubungan penting bagi penduduk di beberapa kampung di daerah Kinabatangan.

Sungai itu merupakan aset penting bagi aktiviti pelancongan, yang seterusnya menjana ekonomi penduduk setempat.

Namun kini, gara-gara mengejar keuntungan khazanah alam paling berharga ini menjadi mangsa. Aktiviti perladangan kelapa sawit secara besarbesaran di kedua-dua belah tebing menyumbangkan kepada angkara ini.

Mata pencarian nelayan terjejas

Singgong, 70, penduduk di Kampung Sukau yang mencari rezeki di sungai itu sejak zaman muda lagi merupakan antara mereka yang merasai kesan pencemaran itu.

"Hasil tangkapan semakin berkurangan, kalau dulu kami mampu menangkap 15 hingga 20 kg udang dan ikan sehari dan pendapatan diperoleh lebih RM1,000 setiap bulan tetapi kini hasil tangkapan hanya 5 kg sahaja.

"Dengan hasil tangkapan itu, sudah tentu tidak cukup untuk menampung kos membeli minyak enjin bot dan membaiki bubu yang rosak," kata Singgong dalam nada kecewa kepada Bernama.

Semua nelayan di Kampung Sukau mempraktikkan penggunaan bubu yang diperbuat daripada dawai dan tidak lagi menggunakan bubu yang diperbuat daripada buluh untuk mengurangkan aktiviti penebangan hutan di kampung mereka.

Ini menunjukkan penduduk kampung ini sedar mengenai kepentingan pemuliharaan hutan dan alam sekitar, tetapi tidak bagi pihak industri perladangan kelapa sawit yang melupuskan sisa kilang ke Sungai Kinabatangan.

Dicemari sisa kilang kelapa sawit

Daerah Kinabatangan mewakili keluasan 660,500 hektar dan lebih separuh daripadanya adalah ladang kelapa sawit iaitu seluas 345,000 hektar dengan hasil kira-kira RM2 bilion setahun.

Terdapat 32 kilang kelapa sawit beroperasi di daerah itu dan semua kilang ini melupuskan sisa kilang ke Sungai Kinabatangan selepas dirawat seperti yang disyaratkan oleh Jabatan Alam Sekitar.

Malangnya ada antara kilang-kilang ini termasuk milik persendirian yang merawat sisa kilang tetapi tidak mengikut piawaian yang ditetapkan. Keadaan diburukkan lagi apabila ada syarikat perladangan ini dan pemilik ladang persendirian yang menanam pokok kelapa sawit terlalu dekat dengan tebing sungai tanpa mengendahkan peraturan yang melarang perbuatan seperti itu di tanah rizab sungai.

Ini menyebabkan sisa baja kimia mengalir ke Sungai Kinabatangan ketika hujan dan banjir besar berlaku.

Pengurus Projek Koridor Kehidupan Kinabatangan WWFMalaysia Darrel Webber berkata terdapat 30 kilang kelapa sawit beroperasi di sekitar kawasan tadahan di Kinabatangan yang mewakili 23 peratus daripada kawasan tadahan air di Sabah serta menjadi pembekal utama air ke Sandakan.

Kualiti air terjejas

Beliau berkata operasi kilang-kilang ini mendatangkan kesan kepada kualiti air di Sungai Kinabatangan dan ditambah pula pencemaran yang disebabkan oleh baja kimia, racun serangga dan racun rumpai daripada ladang kelapa sawit.

Ini bukan sahaja mendatangkan kesan kepada Sungai Kinabatangan malah kepada laut kerana air sungai itu mengalir keluar ke Laut Sulu, yang menempatkan Pusat Global Biodiversiti Marin dan kawasan Segi tiga Terumbu Karang, katanya kepada Bernama.

Beliau berkata dianggarkan 237,728 tan baja kimia digunakan setiap tahun di kawasan tanaman kelapa sawit seluas 190,000 hektar di sepanjang sungai ini. "Tidak semua baja ini diserap oleh pokok kelapa sawit. Bayangkan jika 10 peratus baja ini tidak diserap yang bermakna 23,773 tan sisa baja mengalir ke Sungai Kinabatangan setiap tahun," tambahnya.

Darrel berkata atas sebab itulah pihak peladang kelapa sawit perlu mematuhi syarat-syarat yang ditetapkan berkaitan pelupusan sisa kilang kelapa sawit dan tidak menanam pokok kelapa sawit hingga ke kawasan rizab sungai.

Kenyataan Darrel dipersetujui Presiden Persatuan Perlindungan Alam Sekitar Sabah Datuk Sue Jayasuria yang mahu pihak industri kelapa sawit segera menghentikan perbuatan mencemarkan Sungai Kinabatangan.

Kesan pencemaran kini sudah menjejaskan kehidupan penduduk kampung yang banyak bergantung kepada Sungai Kinabatangan dalam mencari rezeki, sumber makanan dan dalam menjalankan aktiviti kehidupan harian mereka.

Beliau juga mahu jabatan dan agensi penguat kuasa yang berkaitan meningkatkan usaha untuk menangani pencemaran di sungai itu sebelum masalah pencemaran bertambah teruk.

Menteri tinjau
Dalam pada itu, pencemaran di Sungai Kinabatangan ini mendapat perhatian Menteri Pelancongan, Kebudayaan dan Alam Sekitar Sabah Datuk Masidi Manjun yang turun padang untuk meninjau sendiri keadaan pada 27 dan 28 Ogos lepas.

Hasil lawatan itu, Masidi mengarahkan semua pemilik kilang kelapa sawit di Kinabatangan segera mencari kaedah lain untuk menghentikan pelupusan sisa kilang kelapa sawit di sungai.

Masidi berkata beliau faham pelaksanaan kaedah lain sebagai ganti memerlukan kos yang tinggi dan mengambil masa, tetapi tetap mahu semua kilang terbabit segera mengambil inisiatif melaksanakannya dan tidak terlalu memikirkan keuntungan.

Masidi turut mengulangi ketegasan kerajaan negeri untuk menangani isu pencemaran yang dilakukan oleh pengilang dan ladang kelapa sawit terhadap Sungai Kinabatangan dan berjanji akan mengadakan lawatan mengejut.

Lombong pasir haram

Dalam pada itu, pencemaran di Sungai Kinabatangan tidak hanya disumbangkan oleh aktiviti perladangan, tindakan pengambilan pasir secara haram juga menjejaskan ekosistem sungai ini.

Pada masa ini, masih berlaku kegiatan pengambilan pasir itu dipercayai dilakukan di hulu Sungai Kinabatangan dan hanya disedari apabila penduduk Kampung Sukau melihat sebuah tongkang mengangkut muatan pasir melalui perkampungan mereka sejak beberapa bulan lepas.

Tahun lepas, kegiatan yang sama turut berlaku tetapi dihentikan selepas kegiatan itu dibongkar oleh media dan mendapat perhatian kerajaan negeri. Kegiatan pengambilan pasir di sungai itu mengganggu ekosistem sungai Kinabatangan yang menyebabkan warna air semakin keruh dan turut menyebabkan runtuhan tebing sungai yang merosakkan bubu nelayan.

Biarpun begitu, penguatkuasaan oleh jabatan dan agensi yang dipertanggungjawabkan perlu dipertingkatkan untuk menangani pencemaran di sungai ini.

Masalah kekurangan kakitangan dan logistik sering menjadi alasan dalam tugas penguatkuasaan, selain masalah peraturan yang tidak jelas daripada segi peranan sesebuah agensi atau jabatan dalam menguatkuasakan undang-undang.

Sudah sampai masanya penguatkuasaan lebih ketat dilaksanakan dalam menangani isu pencemaran sebelum ekosistem Sungai Kinabatangan terjejas teruk dan begitu juga kehidupan penduduk kampung yang tinggal di sekitarnya.




bila wa baca tentang sungai kinabatangan ni  rasa sedih pulak sebab income org2 yang menjadikan sg tersebut sebagai satu sumber mereka tidak lagi dapat buat mcm tu...  wa pernah tinggal di sabah beberapa tahun dan pernah tgk sg kinabatangan yang luas dan kira ok tak ada kotor teruk  dan tak ada pulak pencemaran masa tu!!   wa rasa pihak berkuasa kena ambil perhatian serious ni dan ambik tindakan pada owner ladang kelapa sawit yg tak berperi kemanusiaan yang mencemarkan sg tu dgn sisa pelupusan dari kilang mrk   sungguh tidak bertanggungjawab org2 mcm ni!!   pada wa  pencemaran tu bukan saja jejaskan ekonomi org2 yang bergantung hasil pencarian dari kinabatangan tapi wa dapat rasakan ekosistem sg tu sendiri  mesti terjejas!!   pada wa  tindakan dari pihak berkuasa sgt penting !

dexa

Thursday October 4, 2007
More dead fish, this time in Kuching
By JACK WONG

KUCHING: Hundreds of fish were found dead in the large man-make lake of the popular Malaysia-China Friendship Park at Jalan Song here.

City South Council workers were shocked to see the dead fish, like ikan kaloi and talapia, floating in the lake.

They took hours to clear the dead fish, some of which weighed more than one kilo, for burial.

Council public relations officer Winnie Lau said the fish could have died of suffocation due to the lack of oxygen in the murky water.

揟he public have fed the fish with buttered bread and other foods, and this might have caused the water to become oily and murky, thereby cutting off the oxygen supply,

dexa

Masalah longgokan sejuta tayar terbuang belum selesai
10-10-2007

KUCHING:  Lembaga Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar (NREB) Sarawak akan membuat pemantauan rapi terhadap tapak pembuangan kira-kira sejuta tayar terpakai berhampiran Taman Emas di Jalan Kuching-Serian di sini, yang menjadi tempat pembiayakan nyamuk.

Pengawal NREB Sarawak Dr Penguag Manggil berkata sebuah syarikat kitar semula yang sepatutnya memindahkan tayar berkenaan dari tempat itu telah dikenakan berbelas-belas kompaun kerana melanggar peraturan.

"NREB Sarawak akan memantau keadaan... Kami tidak boleh ambil tindakan kerana tapak pembuangan sampah itu tidak mencemarkan alam sekitar.

"Majlis Daerah Samarahan bertanggungjawab memastikan syarikat kitar semula terbabit memindahkan tayar berkenaan ke satu tapak mini industri di Samarahan," katanya pada sidang akhbar di sini hari ini.

Manggil berkata demikian bagi mengulas laporan akhbar hari ini tentang tapak pembuangan tayar itu yang turut menjadi tempat pembiayakan nyamuk dan mengancam kesihatan penduduk yang tinggal di 89 rumah di taman itu.

Ketika melawat tempat itu bersama pegawai Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri semalam, pengerusi Majlis Daerah Samarahan Frederick Bayoi Manggie, yang juga Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Kedup, berkata pemilik syarikat terbabit telah berkali-kali berjanji untuk memindahkan tayar berkenaan, tetapi tidak menunaikannya.

"Kali ini, kami akan bersikap tegas dan mengenakan tindakan. Kami tidak mahu penduduk diserang denggi dan saya akan bangkitkan perkara ini pada persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri akan datang," katanya.

Seorang penduduk yang enggan dikenali berkata syarikat terbabit telah membuang tayar di tempat itu sejak lebih tujuh tahun lepas hingga menyebabkan timbunannya mencapai ketinggian bangunan dua tingkat.

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very iirresponsible to let the place  with those unused
tyres becomes habitat for aedes -- soon we gonna hear people
get dengue and hafta be hospitalized --

they should clean this place long ago when they found out how
dangerous this place can be -- but as usual  gov't more busybody with
all the different programs spending million of dollars there instead
of fix this important issue that effecting the people's health

dexa

Our rivers getting cleaner
By : Elizabeth John


Sungai Jelutong in Penang is a Class V river which is
very polluted and cannot be used for any purpose at all.


KUALA LUMPUR: For once, here's a little good news about the country's beleaguered rivers.
Last year, the number of rivers in the cleanest category was almost double that of 2005.

The number of polluted river basins were also down by more than half.

And as long as river clean-up and rehabilitation efforts are sustained, Malaysia can expect this happy trend to continue, says the Department of Environment.

Last year, only seven of Malaysia's 146 river basins were categorised as polluted, down from 15 the year before.
All the polluted river basins were in Peninsular Malaysia, with Johor topping the list.

Sungai Segget, Sungai Tebrau, Sungai Danga and Kawasan Pasir Gudang river basins in Johor are still in the polluted category as they were in previous years.

Next are the infamous Sungai Juru and Sungai Pinang river basins in Penang, according to the Environment Quality Report 2006.

Selangor has just one, the Sungai Buloh river basin.

The other eight river basins had moved one notch into the "slightly polluted" category.

The report says that the Water Quality Index of the eight -- Sungai Merbok, Sungai Bayan Lepas, Sungai Klang, Sungai Jejawi, Sungai Merlimau, Sungai Air Baloi, Sungai Kempas and Sungai Sembulan -- had improved.

For a long time, these and other rivers had been the subject of reports of worsening pollution, poor quality drinking water and examples of failed awareness programmes.

The government had even set aside RM200 million under the Ninth Malaysia Plan for river rehabilitation.

According to national standards, a river is classified from Class I to V, with Class I being the cleanest and Class V, the worst polluted.

The "class" of a river determines what it can be used for; whether for drinking, bathing, agriculture or nothing at all.

Last year, the DOE's annual report on the state of the environment showed that there were 14 Class I rivers last year compared with eight in 2005.

Water from such rivers can be supplied to consumers with practically no treatment and can also support the most sensitive aquatic species.

However, five rivers that were in Class I in 2005 fell to Class II last year.

In this class, the river water would have to be conventionally treated before being distributed for consumption.

A number of rivers within the eight basins that showed improvement moved up from Class IV to Class III.

In the Sungai Klang basin, for instance, all but one of its 11 rivers have been categorised as Class III, compared with six in 2005.

Under National Water Quality Standards, a Class III river can be used to supply drinking water but only with extensive treatment

A Class IV river can only be used for irrigation.

A Class V river is the worst and is termed a septic river.

Of the 146 basins monitored, there are two -- Sungai Jelutong in Penang and Sungai Tukang Batu in Johor, says the report -- which can't be used for any purpose.

In terms of sources of pollution, 42 basins were categorised as polluted by suspended solids last year -- a marked increase from just 34 in 2005.

Suspended solids are mainly the result of earthworks and land clearing.

Twenty-two basins were categorised as polluted by Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and 41 by ammoniacal nitrogen.

BOD is contributed largely by untreated or partially treated sewage, as well as agriculture and industrial discharge.

The sources of ammoniacal nitrogen are domestic sewage and livestock farming.

Three rivers, Sungai Selangor, Sungai Terengganu and Sungai Melaka had recorded lower pH values, making them slightly acidic.

A low pH is an indicator of low levels of dissolved oxygen in the river water, which could be harmful to aquatic life in the river if allowed to worsen.

Since the late 1970s, the DOE has measured the levels of many pollutants, including BOD and ammoniacal nitrogen, at hundreds of monitoring stations along rivers to determine their condition and classification.

The worst rivers will have the highest level of pollutants and the lowest level of dissolved oxygen.

Dissolved oxygen is crucial to the survival of aquatic life and is one of the most important indicators of environmental health.

The status of a river basin is classified based on the average pollutant readings from all the monitoring stations that are within it.

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let's hope it will get cleaner - cuz if i maybe bold to say
most of the rivers in malaysia by far the dirtiest i've ever seen
minus menam chao phraya --

peace

Ada orang berakal yang berpendapat... Alam Sekitar ni... kalau kita tak cemar.. orang lain yang cemar....

Kalau kita tak cemar maka kita selamat secara sah .. takpelah jugak....

tu sebab ramai asap dok berkepul.. mat rempit plak pakai motor 2 lejang yang asap putih macam penyembur nyamuk...

Anak_Nogori

KUALA LUMPUR 1 Nov.

Dunhill.

Ini akhir zaman bang AN???

harap bumi tak tercemar lagi nanti..

Teruskan Revolusi..

Dunhill.

Mari lah kita menjaganya sebaik mungkin.. tangkap sesiapa yang cuba mencemarkan bumi tercinta ini..