Archive for October, 2005
Meeting with the Minister of Works
Posted by sripetaling.net in Events & Meetings, News & Developments, Residents Actions on October 19th, 2005
Resident representatives meeting with the Minister of Works
On 17 October, 2005, I received a SMS from YB Teresa Kok that Works Minister, YB Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has requested her to convey a notice for meeting with the residents’ representatives to be held on 19 October at 4pm. Subsequently, I received calls and fax from the authorities informing the meeting with the Minister. The conditions were that the representatives are limited to three and no media should be invited.
Our action committee had an emergency meeting and nominated three representatives as follows:
- Lau Kien Foh – Overall representative
- Au Lai Koong – Represent Zon N
- Sallehudin – Represent Zon L
We also agreed on the strategy and action steps. We decided to take the opportunity to show all the documentation evidence and convince the Minister on our positions.
On 19 October 2005, our team arrived at the ministry half an hour before the meeting and soon joined by YB Teresa. We were invited into the meeting room around 4pm. In the meeting room, there were about 20 senior officers from the authorities. We took the opportunity to introduce ourselves and also get to know them. About 10 mins later, the Minister walked into the meeting room and shook hands with us.
Samy to meet Sri Petaling reps
Posted by sripetaling.net in News & Developments, Press Coverage on October 5th, 2005
From the desk of The Star
Wednesday October 5, 2005 Samy to meet Sri Petaling reps KUALA LUMPUR: The RM1.2bil Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Highway project will go on but Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu will meet repesentatives of the Sri Petaling residents to find a way to resolve their problems. The Works Minister however said that because the highway was on Government land, compensation was out of the question for the residents who complained that the walls of their houses cracked due to the construction works. “We are not occupying the land. If we were to pay compensation, we would be setting a bad precedent,” he told newsmen after meeting Finland’s foreign trade and development minister Mari Kiviniemi at his office here yesterday. Samy Vellu said the ministry had written to the housing developer Seri Petaling Development in 1996 of its intention to acquire the land to build the Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya-KLIA Highway. (The Putrajaya-KLIA phase was later scrapped.) “Due to the economic crisis then, the construction of the highway was delayed but the developers went ahead with the houses,” he said. Samy Vellu said the Government had so far spent RM400mil on the highway which was expected to lighten traffic flow along the KL-Seremban Highway. He said noise barriers would be built along the boundary of the highway and the residential area to shut out the din from traffic.The protest continues in Sri Petaling homes
Posted by sripetaling.net in Residents Actions on October 2nd, 2005
After our protest at the Parliament, we decided to continue our protest literally in our backyard of our homes. Our colorful and impactful banners was hung at the wall behind our homes to notify the passing traffic of our grievances.
Here are some of the pictures
Among the messages were :
“Highway is destroying our homes”
“Jangan Gadaikan Nyawa Penduduk untuk Lebuhraya”
“Authorities Error, Rakyat Suffer”
“No to Highway 2.3 Meters away from Homes”
Our aim is for the Government to assist us in moving out of the the area which is no longer conducive for residential living. Under certain circumstances, the Malaysian Government has acquired the land and property to build infrastructure projects like this. We are wondering why they refuse to help the citizens this time. Is this a sign of a complacent Government?
Minister blames residents for causing cracks in their own homes instead!
Posted by sripetaling.net in Citizen Suffers, News & Developments, Press Coverage on October 1st, 2005
Cracks begin to appear to the adjacent houses affected by the continuous piling and construction works. In a desperate attempt shed responsibility, the Minister of Works without any investigation puts the blame on the residents for causing the cracks in their own homes
Cracks in the homes …
Subsequently, the residents have agreed to appoint an independent body to investigate the cause of cracks. IKRAM was commissioned to conduct the study. The study results conclusively determined that the cause of cracks in the homes is due to the water table balance. This effect of caisson digging have pumped out the water from the ground which has destabilize the soil and cause the nearby homes to sink and crack!
Illustration on cause of crack in homes
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Highway Key Facts
26KM stretches from Kampung Pandan to Putrajaya
consession signed on 22 Oct 1997
adequate land was available then
resident wrote letter to LLM to advice them to ensure adequate buffer zone since there is land (1997)
project was shelved due to economic crisis
DBKL approved housing project when they should have reserved the land for highway
houses built and sold to unsuspecting buyers
land was 'lost' in the process due to authorities blunder
project is bulldozed through despite protest for safety
project is in breach of their own guidelinesIsn't it ironic?
LLM, DBKL, DOE say they are not aware about the sheer proximity of the highway to the homes!
A resident has written to the authorities way back in 1997 to realign the Right Of Way of the highway to utilize the undeveloped Zone N. [click here to see the letter and how it fell on deaf ears of the authorities]
The developer of Zone N (Petaling Garden Berhad) managed to obtain approval to build houses along a path of designated federal highway. How can that be?