INTRODUCTION TO BLOCK 14, TAMAN BUKIT ANGKASA, KUALA LUMPUR

Block 14 of Taman Bukit Angkasa, Kuala Lumpur is situated in Lembah Pantai.  The block consists of 80 units.  90% of the residents are Indians with 10% of them comprising of Malays and Indonesians.  The block is surrounded by 18 other blocks where the majority of its population are Malays.  Block 14 recently was facing a lot of problems in terms of rubbish, mosquito breeding, huge rats, stray cats, drain clogging and not mentioning the most odd pipe system as quoted by Dato' T Murugiah of Biro Pengaduan Awam when he came to visit the residence in November 2010 as one that is so unique that he has not seen them in any part of this world.  The photos below just shows what he meant.

All these happened 10 years ago when the residents found that their water bills have sky-rocketed to RM2000 or more.  When contacted the developer and management office, Nakkon (M) Sdn Bhd as well as Syabas, the residents were informed that there was a leakage in the underground pipes.  Also, rusted water was flowing through our taps. The residents were then asked by both the developer and Syabas, to hire their own contractors to do the repair works. As a result, a very special piping system emerged.

A few residents got together last October to form a Residents' Association.  While waiting for the approval from the Registrar of Societies, this small group of 12 members with 4 members in the Action Committee took some healthy steps as follows:

1)  Gotong-royong activities
2)  Recycling campaign
3)  Collection of maintainance fees
3)  Dialogue session with Dato' T Murugiah from Biro Pengaduan Awam, DBKL and Syabas
4)  Visit by the Member of Parliament, YB Nurul Izzah
5)  Site visit by Officer from the Pejabat Menteri, Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan dan Kesejahteraan Bandar
5)  "You are my neighbour" programme

This small group of committee members are working very hard to make Block 14 into a healthy and safe living environment.