Monday, October 17, 2005
Rain oh Rain
Rain oh Rain
Well its monsoon time… and hey it really rain down here in Pasir Mas. Those living in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia will know what this rain is all about.
Rain-rain go away, come again another day.
Sorry, the rain is here to stay… for a day? No, may be for days and for weeks.
Well actually it is not the rain that I am going to talk about this time. It is the outcome. You know the flash flood due to the poor drainage system. Throughout Malaysia I suppose the biggest problem is about the drainage system. Each department blaming each other for the constant flash flood that occurs in every town in Malaysia…. Even in KL.
Take Pasir Mas for example. It is a small town situated near the Kelantan river. In fact as most towns in Malaysia, it developed because the river was a mean of moving from a town to another in the olden days. Unfortunately the District Town Council fails to drain the water into the river, thus many places are stagnant. Which create another problem - AEDES mosquitoes.
It really makes us wonder. Is it that difficult to have a good drainage system for a town located near the river? Don’t we have local engineers and technicians who can sit down with the District Town Council to discuss how to drain away the water into the river nearby? Is it that costly? Isn’t it high time for the people of Pasir Mas to live without worries of flash flood and stagnant water?
Hey we want some answers. I hope something is done and fast. And mind you we are paying al sorts of taxes… cukai bandar, cukai pintu entah apa apa cukai lagi.
Entah lah.
Well its monsoon time… and hey it really rain down here in Pasir Mas. Those living in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia will know what this rain is all about.
Rain-rain go away, come again another day.
Sorry, the rain is here to stay… for a day? No, may be for days and for weeks.
Well actually it is not the rain that I am going to talk about this time. It is the outcome. You know the flash flood due to the poor drainage system. Throughout Malaysia I suppose the biggest problem is about the drainage system. Each department blaming each other for the constant flash flood that occurs in every town in Malaysia…. Even in KL.
Take Pasir Mas for example. It is a small town situated near the Kelantan river. In fact as most towns in Malaysia, it developed because the river was a mean of moving from a town to another in the olden days. Unfortunately the District Town Council fails to drain the water into the river, thus many places are stagnant. Which create another problem - AEDES mosquitoes.
It really makes us wonder. Is it that difficult to have a good drainage system for a town located near the river? Don’t we have local engineers and technicians who can sit down with the District Town Council to discuss how to drain away the water into the river nearby? Is it that costly? Isn’t it high time for the people of Pasir Mas to live without worries of flash flood and stagnant water?
Hey we want some answers. I hope something is done and fast. And mind you we are paying al sorts of taxes… cukai bandar, cukai pintu entah apa apa cukai lagi.
Entah lah.
# posted by Azmy Omar Al-Ahmadi @ Monday, October 17, 2005 
