Bandar Kinrara Residents Objection to Waste Station Plant Highlighted in the Star
The Sunday Star yesterday reported the press conference held by the residents of Bandar Kinrara against the proposed waste transfer station at Kg. Bohol in Jalan Puchong, which is within the 3km radius of areas such as Bandar Kinrara, Mutiara Bukit Jalil, Taman OUG, Taman Tan Yew Lai, Taman Sri Sentosa, Taman Bukit Kuchai, Bukit Jalil Golf Club, Kampung Muhibbah, and Bandar Baru Bukit Jalil.
This issue has been highlighted here in Property Malaysia before, you can read the background story and see the satellite image of its location here.
The press conference was organized by the ‘No Sampah’ pro-tem committee, and also present was the assemblyman Dr. Kow Cheong Wai.
The main aim of the committee is to persuade the government to relocate the waste transfer station. According to them, the station compacts the waste and sends it to the disposal site at Bukit Tagar, Hulu Selangor. In 1992, the same site was proposed as a waste dump, and a waste incinerator in 2002, but both were relocated after protests from nearby residents. According to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the project, the station will initial handle 1,000 tonnes of waste daily, and will be serviced by 777 garbage collection vehicles.
Dr. Kow said that he had earlier sent a letter to the office of the Mentri Besar of Selangor.
For more info, you can check the following sites:
The protest site
Sign the petition
No Sampah Website
