Raise awareness to save envirolment

Every year, the government spends millions to clean up the rivers and drains but it does not get the desired results as our people are still selfish and irresponsible.

To clean up the rivers again and again is like dumping money into a bottomless pit.

I live close to a big monsoon drain it has become a dumping ground for the residents. There are broken bricks, furniture, buckets and plastic materials in it.

Two years ago, the authorities spent thousands of ringgit to clean up a short stretch of the drain and now it is back to square one. Why?

There is no proper enforcement. The residents are irresponsible and selfish. They have a habit of throwing everything into the drain.

Many households here do not even have dustbins. . We have rules and laws against littering but they are never followed or enforced.

The media and politicians must help to educate the people in order to save the environment.

There must be effective enforcement. Impose fines on residents who do not have dustbins to hold their rubbish.

Contractors must clear the rubbish after finishing their projects and they should be punished for leaving heaps of stones and bricks around.

Another suggestion is to have a collection centre for the rubbish in each housing estate.

Residents should be rewarded for bringing the rubbish to the centre.

Likewise, residents must pay for the rubbish to be collected from their houses. Try it, it may work. Recycling will be made easy this way.


Posted in NST on 15 August,2007
by kaisim.