00:00If the quarry is not there, the house can be demolished or added with the quarry itself.
00:08More than 500 residents of Dahlia neighborhood, Bukit Indah village, Buluh River,
00:13asked the authorities to take action
00:16on various problems arising from the operation of the nearby quarry hole in their residence.
00:22Residents claimed that in the face of noise pollution,
00:26in addition to the risk of safety and the issue of noise pollution,
00:29the sound of the explosion of the explosive material
00:32from the hole claimed to be located about 500 meters from the residence of the public.
00:44We don't really feel the noise because most of the work from 2015 to 2019
00:50was done on working days.
00:53But when Covid, the wisdom of Covid, we all stay at home.
00:57Take a big sofa, lift it high, let go.
01:02That's how it feels.
01:05The head of the Dahlia neighborhood association, Zuhairi Zakaria, also claimed
01:10that residents have been living in fear since 2015
01:14if there is a landslide, mudslide,
01:17in addition to the rest of the quarry stones floating and breaking the roof of the house.
01:23There was a stone that was hit, broken and entered the bed of the residents.
01:32So the incident happened while the residents were not at home.
01:36So if the residents are at home,
01:40I'm sure it will affect the lives of humans.
01:45Zuhairi said the residents of Akur,
01:47the activity of the quarry hole began before they were built
01:52and have the right license.
01:54However, he asked the authorities to monitor the quarry operation
01:58to comply with the guidelines,
02:00in addition to having a dialogue with the residents.
02:03We have experienced a very terrible mudslide here.
02:08The water from above fell when it rained heavily.
02:23After the incident, the water flowed directly into the residential area.
02:28So the water from the river should not enter the residential area
02:33and enter our houses.
02:40According to the answer written by Don Selangor in 2022,
02:43more than 20 quarries in the Simpan Berkenaan forest
02:47are allowed to operate freely
02:50through the issuance of a small license
02:52under Section 28 of the National Forestry Act of 1985.
02:59In addition to meeting the environmental conditions,
03:02the license also requires the provision of a 10-year management plan
03:07which includes the arrangement of infrastructure regulations,
03:11planning of quarry activities and maintenance of the area.
03:16There should be an external audit
03:19that monitors or audits how 20 quarry operators can be added.
03:26Residents also asked the authorities to conduct a loss assessment
03:31of the hill structure in the hole to avoid the risk of landslides.
03:36Our neighbour is a quarry.
03:38But the quarry also has to take note.
03:40His neighbour is also a resident.
03:42So this conflict, I think they have to make sure
03:45they run the operation based on the SOP.
03:48In addition to Dahlia's neighbour's house,
03:51other areas that are also affected by the hole operation
03:54include Seri Indah Village, Bukit Rahman Putra,
03:58Matang Jaya Park and Impian Indah Park.
04:01We can accept that there is a quarry here.
04:05Okay, the residents can accept that.
04:08It's not logical for us to close it.
04:10It's also not logical for us to ask all the residents to move.
04:14Zahra Alamiyeh Shahir and Ziana Aymah Muhammad Yusof, Brita FMT
