Taman OUG swamped with rubbish


Sinniah (left) with Alam Flora contractors outside an overflowing refuse room in Taman OUG commercial area. - YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

AUTHORITIES are fed up with the amount of rubbish being dumped in Taman Overseas Union Garden (OUG) commercial centre in Kuala Lumpur every day which poses a health hazard and is smelly.

Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) enforcement officer Sinniah Visvirnathan said the rubbish generated in the area was from commercial shops, restaurants, morning market traders, hawkers and nearby residents who dump their rubbish there.

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