Residents cleaning PPR Sri Aman Block A using 12-foot poles to remove rubbish from ledges and window sills.
Owners of Sri Aman People’s Housing Project (PPR) flats in Kepong must remove all window awnings and illegal extensions effective immediately.
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) issued the directive to address the problem of indiscriminate throwing of rubbish from upper floors, which have been plaguing residents.
In a notice dated Feb 20 sent to residents, DBKL asked owners and tenants to remove the awnings and illegally installed extensions.
According to the notice, rubbish thrown from upper floor units that land on window awnings are a potential haven for rodents and a breeding ground for diseases.
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However, PPR Sri Aman Residents Association chairman Mohamed Nawaz Koya said that asking people to remove the awnings would not solve the bigger problem of rubbish management at the high-rise flats.
“This indiscriminate dumping of rubbish would be resolved if there was a joint management body (JMB),” he said.
“Efforts to get a JMB established have been unsuccessful due to lack of support from DBKL.
“We have been trying to establish a JMB here for a long time, but we are not getting the support.
“DBKL officers need to come and look at the situation as well as talk to the residents here, but they have not done so,” he claimed.
Mohamed Nawaz told StarMetro this after seeing the large amount of rubbish collected during a gotong-royong at the PPR.
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Of the four blocks at PPR Sri Aman, he finds Block A – comprising mostly tenants – the dirtiest.
It is learnt that most of Block A residents are former squatters.
About 45 residents from Block A and 10 hired cleaners took almost four hours during the clean-up to remove soiled diapers, sanitary pads, condoms, cigarette butts, rotting food and used face masks, among other rubbish, from the window awnings, sills and ledges.
Some of the discarded items were stuck like glue and difficult to remove.
Mohamed Nawaz said the irresponsible attitude of some residents was getting worse by the day.
“The awnings and ledges where the rubbish lands can become potential breeding grounds for diseases,” he said, highlighting that the task of clearing rubbish from the awnings and ledges was difficult and dangerous.
“We attached steel hooks to 12-foot poles to scrape the rubbish off the awnings,’’ he said.
Mohamed Nawaz said the logistics and expenses for the gotong-royong was borne by the PPR Sri Aman Residents Association.
Last week, Kepong community activist Yee Poh Ping raised the issue of the PPR residents throwing rubbish from their windows.
He even used a loud-hailer as he walked around the premises advising the residents to stop their littering habit.
Residents cleaning PPR Sri Aman Block A using 12-foot poles to remove rubbish from ledges and window sills.
The awnings of the Block A PPR Sri Aman are caked with rubbish.
Mohamed Nawaz says problem will persist without JMB.
