Thank you everyone for your support in
the past for the Park. The Park needs
your help again. The DEIA for the East
Klang Valley Expressway has been approved. See The Star article.
The DEIA was produced based on the letter issued by the Menteri
Besar in Nov 2010, agreeing to the proposal of constructing an expressway
through part of the Park.
We are very
concerned that the Selangor State Government is not serious about protecting
the Park.
Please
Send An Email To The Selangor State Government expressing your concern. So sorry to rush you, but we hope you
can do it immediately.
Below is a template for you to use for your
email. Please copy the section in blue and paste it into your email to
the State. You can personalise the email as you like.
Send the email TO (you can put them all
together in one email, or send separately): khalid@selangor.gov.my
cc the email to:
krahimah@gmail.com (YAB’s
PA)
Subject: Concern for the Protection and
Conservation of Taman Warisan Negeri Selangor
Y.A.B. Tan Sri Dato'
Abdul Khalid Bin Ibrahim and representatives of the Selangor State Government,
I would like to
express my grave concern over the current level of protection and conservation
of Taman Warisan Negeri Selangor.
It was announced that
the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) for the East Klang Valley
Expressway (EKVE) was approved on 25 April 2013 (The Star Online, Friday, 7
June 2013). The DEIA was produced after YAB Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Khalid
issued a letter to Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia in November 2010 (included in
the DEIA report), agreeing to the proposal of constructing an expressway
through two water catchment forests of the Park.
The project is now in
the final stages of approval. The Environmental Management Plan and other
reports will be submitted to the Department of Environment Selangor for their review
and approval soon.
I would like to ask
the Selangor State Government why the State Government is allowing the
construction of an expressway in the forests of Taman Warisan Negeri Selangor
that are important water catchment forests?
There has been a public debate for the last few years between the
federal government and Selangor State government regarding a pending water
crisis for Selangor, KL and Putrajaya.
Seeing that the
State’s water supply is so critical, why jeopardise it by constructing a
highway through important catchment forest and face the risks of Selangor:
•
not
being able to meet its water demands
• losing
potential investments due to concerns on the ability of the state to supply
sufficient water
At the same time
billions are being spent to bring water from Pahang The Pahang Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project. This does not make economic sense.
Taman Warisan Negeri
Selangor plays a critical role in supporting the economic and social well being
of Selangor. As a ‘protected area’ the Park should not be threatened
by development such as expressways. The State Government
should be insisting that the Park remain intact, so that it can continue to
support the needs of the state.
I look forward to
your reply.
Yours sincerely
(Your Name)
We should also send the objection to the PM, the ruler....call the TV3 to highlight this issue. Make it vastly spread to all media channel as well. Come on Malaysia, lets put our effort together to save our forest.
ReplyDeleteDear Positivo
DeleteThank you for your concern for the Park and your feedback. The EKVE is a project by the federal government. We have alerted the Prime Minister, Chief Minister and other authorities on our concerns for the Park, and the media (Star, Sun & NST) have carried some very detailed articles on the issue, highlighting NGOs and residents' concerns.
We are asking everyone to email the Menteri Besar of Selangor and ADUNs because the EKVE can only go ahead with the approval from the state government before there can be any construction, as the expressway will be built on state land (i.e. the Park).
We appreciate your enthusiasm. You can email us directly at treateveryenvironmentspecial@gmail.com and we can discuss further how you can help in this effort to protect the Park.