Beberapa keluarga di Kampung Sawah Liat, Kuala Pilah begitu bimbang akan keselamatan mereka apabila tebing sungai berhampiran semakin terhakis teruk hari demi hari dan dalam masa terdekat kemungkinan ada yang akan menjadi mangsa jika pihak berkuasa tidak mengambil sebarang tindakan terhadap aduan yang dibuat oleh penduduk kampung (pengundi) sejak dua tahun yang lalu.
Sebahagian dari tebing sungai yang terhakis itu melibatkan jalan yang sudah sedia sempit yang menghubungkan beberapa rumah di kampung tersebut. Jalan tersebut kini menjadi perangkap maut kepada pengguna jalanraya terutama penunggang motosikal pada waktu malam. “Jika anda berkunjung ke rumah kami pada waktu malam, kemungkinan kereta awak akan masuk ke dalam sungai” kata makcik Siti Osman 76, salah seorang penduduk (pengundi). Rumah makcik Siti dan empat buah rumah yang lain hanya 50 meter sahaja dari tebing sungai yang runtuh tersebut. “Kami amat bimbang sekali, terutama apabila hujan”, katanya. “Saya dapat rasakan tak lama lagi hakisan tersebut akan bertambah buruk dan rumah kami akan runtuh bersama”. Makcik Siti menegaskan aduan telah pun dibuat ke pihak berkuasa sebelum ini. Aduan yang pertama sejak dua tahun lepas. Menurutnya ada beberapa pekerja yang datang membaiki hakisan tebing yang kecil tapi mereka tidak membaiki tebing yang sudah terhakis teruk. Makcik Siti seterusnya membawa wartawan FMT ke empat lokasi hakisan tebing sungai yang teruk. On the edge of disaster Zefry Dahalan , April 6, 2011 Families in Kampung Sawah Liat worry about their safety as a river bank keeps eroding away. KUALA PILAH: A river bank in Kampung Sawah Liat is fast eroding and may soon claim a victim unless the authorities act on complaints the residents have been making for two years. Part of the bank is now at the very edge of the narrow road separating the river from houses in the village. The road has become a hazard for motorists and motorcyclists, especially at night, because there are no street lights. “If you are driving to our house at night, you and your car may end up in the river,” said one of the residents, Siti Osman, 76. Siti’s house and four others are just about 50 metres away from the river bank. “We worry constantly, but especially when it rains,” she said. “I don’t think it will be long before the erosion gets bad enough to cause our houses to collapse.” She said the local public works department had been notified of the problem. The first complaint was made about two years ago. According to her, some workers recently mended a minor erosion at a bridge connecting the kampung to a main road. “But they ignored the bigger erosion along the river,” she said. Siti took a FMT reporter to four spots along the river bank where the erosion was especially severe. FMT attempted to speak to a duck breeder whose farm starts just a few metres from several eroded spots of the river bank. He said he did not want to be interviewed for fear of action from the authorities. http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/04/06/on-the-edge-of-disaster/ ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JIMedia: Memurnikan Tanggapan Umum Melalui Penyebaran Ilmu dan Maklumat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nota: Kandungan mel ini tidak menggambarkan pendirian rasmi Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) melainkan yang dinyatakan sedemikian. Sila ke "JIM E-Bazaar" untuk membeli belah, membayar yuran program dan menyumbang untuk dakwah, di http://www.jim.org.my/e-bazaar/ Untuk melanggan Islah-Net, hantar e-mail ke [email protected] Untuk menghentikan langganan, hantar e-mail ke [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islah-net/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islah-net/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
