Selangor UMNO's deputy liaison chief Noh Omar (pic) has been told
to stop any plans by the party to disrupt municipal councils' garbage
collection in the state following the state government's move to take
over waste disposal services from private company Alam Flora.
Saying Noh and Selangor UMNO could be involved, Selangor PAS
information chief said the acts to disrupt garbage collection schedules
as reported in many residential neighbourhoods were done to protest the
replacement of Alam Flora with companies awarded the contract through
open tender.
"The issue is deliberately raised when Alam Flora’s contract was
terminated by the state government,” Saari Sungib told a joint press
conference with his counterparts from DAP and PKR, Jenice Lee and
Shuhaimi Shafiei.
UMNO-owned media had earlier reported delays in garbage collection,
saying this was due to the state's decision to terminate Alam Flora.
Earlier, Harakahdaily reported that Hebat Abadi, a subsidiary of
state-owned Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad tasked with rubbish collection
in Shah Alam, had lodged three police reports claiming its workers were
threatened by several men.
Toll-free hotline
Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim meanwhile said that his
administration had evidences to prove that the sabotage was a
well-coordinated effort by certain parties.
"A scenario, for instance, when the local authorities come and clear
an area of rubbish; within a few hours these parties would unload
rubbish enough to fill a lorry.
"The state government has found out that this irresponsible act is
taking place in housing areas under the jurisdiction of four main local
authorities in Selangor - Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya city councils and
the Klang and Subang Jaya municipal councils," he told reporters in Shah
Alam yesterday.
Khalid said the state was mulling the setting up of a toll-free
hotline through local authorities to facilitate complaints about
municipal services.
"The complaints will be immediately directed to the local councils
for further action and it must be acted upon within 48 hours from the
time it is received," he added.
-Harakahdaily
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