The meeting between the residents and the housing ministry today on the promised terrace houses to replace the dilapidated flats has not made headway.
PUTRAJAYA: Some 100 residents of Taman Permata flats, Dengkil will continue to camp beside their dilapidated homes after 50 days of doing so in protest of the lack of action from the federal and Selangor governments in resolving their housing problem.
The former estate workers who were evicted from their homes in 1998 to make way for the Putrajaya project are temporarily housed at Taman Permata flats while awaiting the authorities to build the promised terrace houses.
However, their meeting today with the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry was futile despite the Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang) having declared block 5 of the Taman Permata flats unsafe for habitation last month.
The BN-led federal ministry is supposed to construct the houses while the Pakatan-led Selangor government is to allocate a plot of land for the purpose.
Taman Permata residents’ advisor S Arutchelvan told reporters that the ministry officials only said they have sent a letter to the state, informing that the plot of18-acre land previously allocated by them is not suitable for building the terrace houses.
This is because, the officials said, the plot of land is located at a water catchment area, and that they are still awaiting the state’s reply.
However, when told that the state has announced last week an allocation of another piece of land measuring 30 acres, the ministry said they have not received an official letter on this.
“There is completely no coordination between the federal government and the state government. One party is sending the letter, the other is awaiting the same. So bureaucratic,” said Arutchelvan who is also the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) secretary-general.
“After this, we have to go to the state to check whether they have sent the letter. This is very
unbecoming,” he added.
Some 30 residents have also rallied outside the ministry building today and displayed banners that read “Politics Aside, Make Building the Terrace Houses Priority” and “Leaders in Putrajaya, We Are On the Road (Jalanraya)”.
Block 5 of Taman Permata flats is in a ramshackle condition with cracks appearing on beams and land sinking at the car park area causing a human-size pothole.
The flats are also without certificate of fitness and proper drainage and sewage system.
Some residents, fearing for their safety, have been staying in tents since early June after the local
PUTRAJAYA: Some 100 residents of Taman Permata flats, Dengkil will continue to camp beside their dilapidated homes after 50 days of doing so in protest of the lack of action from the federal and Selangor governments in resolving their housing problem.The former estate workers who were evicted from their homes in 1998 to make way for the Putrajaya project are temporarily housed at Taman Permata flats while awaiting the authorities to build the promised terrace houses.
However, their meeting today with the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry was futile despite the Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang) having declared block 5 of the Taman Permata flats unsafe for habitation last month.
The BN-led federal ministry is supposed to construct the houses while the Pakatan-led Selangor government is to allocate a plot of land for the purpose.
Taman Permata residents’ advisor S Arutchelvan told reporters that the ministry officials only said they have sent a letter to the state, informing that the plot of18-acre land previously allocated by them is not suitable for building the terrace houses.
This is because, the officials said, the plot of land is located at a water catchment area, and that they are still awaiting the state’s reply.
However, when told that the state has announced last week an allocation of another piece of land measuring 30 acres, the ministry said they have not received an official letter on this.
“There is completely no coordination between the federal government and the state government. One party is sending the letter, the other is awaiting the same. So bureaucratic,” said Arutchelvan who is also the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) secretary-general.
“After this, we have to go to the state to check whether they have sent the letter. This is very
unbecoming,” he added.Some 30 residents have also rallied outside the ministry building today and displayed banners that read “Politics Aside, Make Building the Terrace Houses Priority” and “Leaders in Putrajaya, We Are On the Road (Jalanraya)”.
Block 5 of Taman Permata flats is in a ramshackle condition with cracks appearing on beams and land sinking at the car park area causing a human-size pothole.
The flats are also without certificate of fitness and proper drainage and sewage system.
Some residents, fearing for their safety, have been staying in tents since early June after the local
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