PETALING JAYA: A meeting will be held on June 9 to review the assistance to the pig farmers affected by the closing down of the farms in Tanjong Sepat.
According to Bernama, Selangor infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman Datuk Izham Hashim said that the meeting would look at federal and state governments' assistance measures, including land restoration efforts, in addition to helping the 87 pig farm operators involved to switch to other suitable agricultural activities after livestock operations ceased completely.
He said that the closing down of pig farms in Tanjong Sepat was in the final phase with only 11,000 remaining animals involved and was expected to be fully completed soon.
Izham added that the closure involved about 30 farms that were still operating in various stages, after the eviction order was issued due to the remaining livestock not being mature enough to be disposed of since February.
"No new piglets (piglets) are being brought in and all will be slaughtered at the slaughterhouse in Rawang. So, the process is being carried out in stages and we expect it to be completed soon.
"The Menteri Besar (Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari) and the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security (Datuk Chan Foong) and I recently held a meeting.
"The transition is important to ensure that high-value agricultural activities can be carried out on the 141.6-hectare area," he said when met at Pertubuhan Wartawan dan Jurugambar Selangor (Wajar) Sacrificial Ritual Programme held at Surau Haji Hassan, Sijangkang here, on Thursday (May 28).
Earlier, Tanjong Sepat assemblyman Datuk Borhan Aman Shah was reported to have said that all pig farms in Tanjong Sepat would be completely closed by the end of June before the enforcement phase was implemented starting July 1.
He also informed that the state government has given six months of flexibility to the operators involved to wind up their businesses, including selling their livestock within the given period.
The action was taken to respect of the decree of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, who remains opposed to any pig farming activities in any district in Selangor.
