NO SOLUTION YET TO THE BIGGEST BURDEN OF THE PEOPLE - PIPE SYSTEM

The Action Committee of Block 14 took it upon them to highlight the biggest burden that the pipe system was causing the people for about 10 years now.  Most of the residents are of lower income group and have spent about RM7,000 including the hefty water bills that they have to pay to Syabas.  The cost of repair and water bills is till rolling in.  Therefore, after calling the developer, DBKL and Syabas who say that it has got nothing to do with them, the Action Committee decided to take the problem to Biro Pengaduan Awam.  A dialogue session with YB Senator Dato' T. Murugiah was fixed.

DIALOGUE SESSION WITH YB SENATOR DATO’ T. MURUGIAH, BIRO PENGADUAN AWAM

Dato’ T. Murugiah was invited to have a dialogue session with the residents of Block 14 as a way to solve the following problems:

1)      Pipe System

2)      Illegal stalls and extensions by shop owners encouraging breeding of mosquitoes, rats, cockroaches, etc.  (while we are sleeping, these are keeping watch and having a great meal)

3)      Collapsing roof tops along the corridor

YB Dato’ came on 11th November 2010 and took a walkabout with the respective agencies and residents.  He was shocked to see the current pipe system and remarked that this was the first time he has ever seen something like this.  He then proceeded to address the problems with the residents in about 30 minutes.  He directed the agencies to take the necessary steps to solve the concerning issues of the residents.  He promised to return after two weeks.  However after numerous reminders and calls, YB Dato’ is yet to honour his word.  Also, no calls have come from his office to advise the people of how to overcome their problems.

The meeting was not favourable to the residents.  Syabas was then asked to provide the Action Committee with a quotation.  The estimated quote was RM55,000.  The action committee later met up with a representative on behalf of YB Raja Nong Chik’s office in December.  The action committee forwarded a letter to YB asking him to look into the problem.  A site visit followed. The Action Committee was then asked to seek funding from the Tabung  TP 1Malaysia.  The forms were submitted with the respective photographs and now waiting to hear from them.  The Action Committee also strongly recommended their own plumbing contractor who gave a quote of RM45,000.00.

The article in the newspaper (Nanban, 12th November 2010), highlights his visit and that he will look into our problems as soon as possible.  Now it is going to be 2 months and still no news from him.  Neither has he revisited us as he said he would do. Not one of the issues that we highlighted to him has been dealt with.  Because of this, the committee finally decided to approach YB Nurul Izzah Anwar, the MP of Lembah Pantai on 9^th December 2010.

 As of today, the pipe issue problems are still pending (and all other issues as well).   Frustrated and disappointed with the slow response received from the day we started campaigning, the residents approached YB Nurul once again to ask her help to raise the complaints on behalf of the residents.

Until this issue and others are solved, we will continue to meet YB Nurul, because we see that she cares for the welfare of the people, despite not having the means to help.