| Banjir Di Kajang : Selangor Bantu Sekolah & Rumah Kebajikan Terjejas Teruk Posted: 05 Dec 2011 07:05 AM PST Oleh : Afix Redzuan
KAJANG, 5 Disember – Kerajaan Selangor akan menyalurkan bantuan kepada sekolah dan rumah kebajikan yang mengalami kerosakan akibat bencana banjir di Kajang bagi meringankan beban pihak berkenaan.
Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul khalid Ibrahim berkata, bantuan yang diberikan mulai minggu hadapan akan mengutamakan pihak bukan perniagaan. Ini kerana premis perniagaan kebiasaannya dilindungi insurans.
Antara bentuk bantuan yang akan diberikan termasuklah pemberian buku-buku baru dan menggantikan prasarana yang telah ditenggelami air.
Beliau yang hadir bagi melihat kerja-kerja pembersihan yang dilakukan oleh petugas Majlis Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) turut meminta Yang di Pertua MPKj, Datuk Hasan Nawawi Abd Rahman untuk memantau rumah kebajikan yang perlu dibantu.
Setakat ini kos kerugian daripada bencana tersebut dianggarkan tidak melebihi RM5 juta.
Ujar Abdul Khalid, satu pelan jangka panjang perlu dilakukan seperti mendalam dan melebarkan kawasan sungai bagi mengelakaan bencana seperti ini.
"Saya diberikan taklimat, lebar sungai sepatutnya 12m tapi sekarang hanya 8m. Masalah ini melibatkan gerai-gerai dan kita terpaksa meminta kerjasama daripada pemilik-pemilik gerai untuk kita perbetulkan semula supaya kita dapat semula rizab tanah kembali kepada 12m.
"Kita juga kena mendirikan dinding setinggi 1.5m. Kalau perkara itu dapat kita selesaikan, dengan hujan yang kita alami sekarang, Kajang boleh dielakkan daripada menghadapi banjir," katanya.
Jelas beliau, perkara ini selari dengan usaha menyelesaikan masalah air kumbahan di dalam kawasan Kajang dibawah pelan Pembangunan Greater Kuala Lumpur dan Lembah Klang yang dibuat oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan.
Dibawah pelan ini, paip-paip besar yang bernilai RM500 juta akan dibina untuk mengalirkan air ke laut. Ini dilihat boleh menyelesaikan masalah banjir.
Mengulas lanjut, penaikan taraf sistem saliran pada tahun 2012 sudah diluluskan dengan jumlah RM3.5 juta.
Sementara itu, peniaga ditemui berkata, bencana banjir yang dihadapi ini mengakibatkan mereka mengalami kerugian yang besar.
Pemilik premis Fully Shop, Alvin Ling, 28 menceritakan ketika kejadian beliau tidak berada di kedai dan hanya dimaklumkan oleh pekerja beliau mengenai perkara ini.
Beliau yang baru dua tahun berniaga di kawasan ini mengalami kerugian sekurang-kurangnya RM50,000.
"Saya melihat kejadian ini dari CCTV. Selepas tiga minit air mula masuk ke kawasan kedai. Seorang pak cik memberitahu saya sepanjang 35 tahun tinggal di sini, sudah 10 hingga 12 kali kejadian banjir berlaku dan kali ini yang paling teruk," katanya.
Dalam pada itu, pekerja premis Happy Home Store, Siti Hasmira Mohd Shariff, 21, berkata, kejadian ini berlaku dengan pantas tanpa disedari memandangkan hujan yang turun tidak begitu lebat.
"Masa kejadian dalam 2.30 petang. Kami semua tak perasan sebab masing-masing sibuk bekerja dan stok barang baru sampai. Habis semua barang rosak termasuk stok yang baru sampai," katanya.
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| Bung Mokhtar Tibai Blogger Umno Posted: 05 Dec 2011 06:21 AM PST Bung Mokhtar sticks to stand that Shahrizat must quit over NFC
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin today stood his ground and repeated his stand that Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil resign over the cattle scandal, despite growing criticisms from within Umno over his position.
The Kinabatangan MP's action has earned him the ire and scorn of Umno supporters, with pro-Umno bloggers criticising him and going out of their way to defend the embattled Shahrizat.
In response, the outspoken Umno supreme council member said he was "well aware" that his remarks have made him unpopular among members within his own party, but stressed that the reason he did so was out of concern for the future of the Malay party.
"If there are even little cracks within Umno, it can cripple and destabilise the party in the elections. Whether or not this move of mine is seen as part of a vested interest, it is up to people to judge," Bung Mokhtar (picture) told The Malaysian Insider.
"I do not expect my views to be agreed upon by all in my party. Everyone has differing views, so there will be a response, but I needed to say what has not been said," he said.
The senior lawmaker, who hails from Sabah, charged that it was his "responsibility" to speak out on the matter, saying that he wanted to avoid the issue being a liability to Umno.
"I do not deny that Shahrizat has brought a lot of good to Umno, to the country, but it is not enough when there are mistakes," he said.
In their attacks against Bung Mokhtar, pro-Umno bloggers have outlined Shahrizat's past achievements and contribution as Wanita chief and a Cabinet minister.
But the senior Barisan Nasional (BN) backbencher stressed that Umno needed to look at what was happening "right now," and how the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) issue was a dangerous one to the party if not dealt with effectively.
"Times are changing, people do not want to hear about history or past glories. We cannot continue to rely on Umno's history, we need to look beyond this," Bung Mokhtar said bluntly.
He appears to be the lone voice in addressing the touchy cattle scandal, as others appear to avoid or skirt the issue altogether.
When addressing delegates during the women wing's assembly, Shahrizat said she had nothing to do with the RM250 million federally-funded cattle farming project and instead urged PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to resign over the allegations.
She reportedly earned wild applause from wing members during her speech.
The Malaysian Insider however understands that Shahrizat's explanation had failed to satisfy a number of leaders in the party who, like Bung Mokhtar, believe the senior minister should bow out of the coming polls.
Bung Mokhtar has been openly critical of the NFC scandal and was the first Umno leader who called on Shahrizat to explain herself.
The Auditor-General's Report released last month had criticised the NFC, pointing out that it was now "in a mess".
The report said production in 2010 was only 3,289 head of cattle or 41.1 per cent of the target set.
But Agriculture Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar responded on October 31 that the project was a success as it met its target of 8,000 cattle by 2010 once 5,742 slaughtered cattle were taken into account.
The Malaysian Insider
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