Councillor: Dumping rampant in Bandar Teknologi Kajang due to lack of dustbins

KAJANG Municipal Council (MPKj) will issue notices to factories without dustbins in Bandar Teknologi Kajang, Selangor.

MPKj councillor Sangeetha Chandra Mohan said records from MPKj showed at least half of the factories in the township did not have proper bins in their premises.

Bandar Teknologi Kajang, she said, had many industrial areas and was a hotspot for illegal dumping.

“The situation has been such for many years and was getting from bad to worse.

“Piles of rubbish were a common sight at many locations.

“Types of waste found include food, garden and bulk wastes,” she said, adding that the culprits were most probably those living or running businesses near the dumpsites, which included the factories nearby.

A check by StarMetro at Kawasan Perindustrian Mega saw piles of rubbish at many places in the industrial area.

Some rubbish had taken up part of the road leaving just enough space for one vehicle to pass through.

There were also signs of burnt rubbish.

Sangeetha said people need to be taught to be civic conscious, but if one was stubborn, enforcement was the only way to get them to abide by the law.

Sangeetha says illegal rubbish dumping is not good for Kajang that hopes to gain city status.

“The municipal council is looking to achieve city status.

“We cannot have piles of rubbish being dumped indiscriminately,” she said.

Sangeetha said complainants wanted MPKj to take action against the culprits but it was difficult to catch them red-handed.

“The people want MPKj to instal closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) but that will be costly and not proven to be effective,” she said, adding that CCTVs could be vandalised.

Sangeetha said a better solution was for the public to instal CCTV at their premises and tip-off the authorities of any wrongdoing with the evidence.

“That way, surveillance will be done on a wider area and the culprits will fear being captured on any footage.

“The public can submit photos or videos of illegal dumping activity.

“If the vehicle’s registration number is clear, MPKj can confiscate the vehicle. It has been done before,” she said.

As for immediate measure, Sangeetha said MPKj would clean up the rubbish piles and put up signage and banners to warn the public not to dump rubbish there.

She said KDEB Waste Management (KDEB) was not responsible for cleaning up such dumping sites, as it required a backhoe to complete the job and was not in their routine work.

“It requires special planning by the MPKj municipal services and health department,” she said.

“I hope MPKj can expedite their checks on the factories in the neighbourhood, to ensure all premises have proper bins.

“If the owners fail to provide a proper bin within a reasonable time, compounds will be issued,” she added.