Selvakumar with his children at their neighbourhood’s playground where one swing and rubber mats on the ground are missing.
THE Covid-19 pandemic has left its mark on playgrounds in Johor Baru, many of which are in need of maintenance and repairs after long periods of disuse and misuse.
Parents who have been bringing their children to these places in larger numbers recently were shocked by the facilities’ dilapidated condition after two years of the pandemic.
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Selvakumar with his children at their neighbourhood’s playground where one swing and rubber mats on the ground are missing.
Yap tending to plants at the Taman Desa Tebrau park.
Mohd Noorazam says MBJB spends RM5.5mil annually to maintain 399 public playgrounds under its jurisdiction.
Buck Chew using a blower to clear leaves at a park in Taman Impian Emas, Skudai. — THOMAS YONG/The Star
A child going for a closer look at the hole in a slide in the Taman Desa Tebrau playground. The plastic seemed to have been burned.
