Raju a/l Lingam,
123 A, Lorong Bahagia,
Taman Sentosa,
07231 Bandar Baru Sentol,
Kelantan
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The President,
Bandar Baru Sentol Council,
Kompleks Utama,
07200 Bandar Baru Sentol
16 JUNE 2011
Dear Sir,
Uncollected Rubbish and Clogged Drains
I am writing this letter is to attract your attention to the above title. As the representative of the community, I
am calling to tell you that the 300 odd residents living in Taman Sentosa are extremely unhappy about the
lackadaisical attitude of the local town council towards the uncollected rubbish and clogged drains in our area.
2.
The rubbish in our area has not been collected for more than a week. The rubbish is supposed to be
collected on alternate days but this has not been the case. The town council workers collect the rubbish
according to their own whims and fancies. The uncollected garbage has attracted not only flies and
mosquitoes but also wild dogs which had attacked the residents on several occasions. These stray animals also
scatter the rubbish and make the roads dirty and smelly. As a result, residents have to bear the discomfort of
stench from the garbage and risk their health.
3.
We are also disappointed with the town council workers for not clearing the clogged drains which are
filled with rubbish. The drains would usually overflow when there is heavy rain and the rubbish would then
flow into the compounds of our houses. Besides, putting up with the unbearable stench emitted from them,
the residents have to spend hours cleaning their compounds of rotten vegetables, food leftovers and other
rubbish.
4.
Due to dengue outbreak recently, we are really concerned about the residents’ health especially the
children. Fogging service also was not done accordingly to the schedule. The fogging authority only did their
job whenever a case of dengue aroused. They even fogging the neighbourhood late at night that caused us to
leave the residents. They need to consider the residents who have babies and also to those who need to wake
up early in the morning for work. The fogging also caused the people to have breathing problem when we
were not told the exact time of fogging.
5.
We have made numerous appeals to the Municipal Council to look into our complaints but to no avail.
We have been putting up with this predicament for more than a week. We hope the health authorities would
do something to check these health hazards.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Raju
(RAJU a/l MANIAM)