Of Wild Cats & (Un)Tarred Roads
I wish to highlight a few issues that are a concern to the residents in my area (Jalan Kakaktua, Ipoh Garden).
There are around 50 stray cats in this area roaming everywhere. They defecate in our compounds leaving an awful smell. They give birth in our ceilings and when the kittens grow up they run and jump about disturbing our sleep at night. Some die in the ceiling and in the drain; this is a health hazard. These cats keep multiplying due to some irresponsible residents feeding them.
When we moved into our house in 1973, the developer tarred the roads right to the front of our houses up to the drains. After 20 years, that portion of the road in front of our houses started to break and that left the pebbles surfacing.
Some years ago, during the former Barisan government, MBI had resurfaced the roads here but they only tarred the centre portion of the roads and refused to cover up to the drain. I went to make an enquiry but the officer could only give a lame excuse. After that some workers came with a lorry loaded with tar and pestered me to pay RM80 to resurface. These portions of the road do not belong to the residents but is in the jurisdiction of MBI. Why should we pay assessment and do the work of MBI?
Lee Hock Siew
18 August 2010
Category: Letters
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Go to City Hall and raise your complaint to the Mayor.
If all else fails, take it to HRH Raja Nazrin.
He just walloped the lazy mayor and even lazier bunch of officials over the Gunung Rapat mess and the mayor promised immediate action.
Civil servants just don’t give a damn anymore.