Kampung Mambong resettlement piling now under MPP
KUCHING:
Piling work to enable the construction of resettlement housing for some
20 families in Kampung Mambong affected by a clinker plant is now in
the control of Padawan Municipal Council (MPP).
Assistant Minister of Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said the funding for the piling, which he did not disclose, is now “parked with the council” under the allocation for the upgrading of the resettlement site.
“In fact the funds have been there for quite sometime but because of some misunderstandings earlier on, it had to be put on hold. Everything seems to be okay now and I think the housing project can be implemented soon.
“Now it all depends on how fast MPP can appoint contractors to do the piling, which I think should be expedited since this problem was already long overdue,” he said yesterday.
MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang could not be reached for comment on the matter.
On Thursday, National Housing Corporation (SPNB) Sarawak manager Wan Hamid Wan Habib said they could only start the project after the piling is completed because the area is swampy.
SPNB, as the developer of affordable housing project (RMR), does not cover piling work.
Meanwhile, the affected villagers said they would appreciate no further delays in the resettlement process as they are now squatters on the land that was once theirs.
The site where white sand is being extracted as raw materials for cement processing is also getting closer to some of the houses.
Plans to resettle some 20 families whose houses and land were affected by the clinker project started in the early 90s.
Assistant Minister of Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said the funding for the piling, which he did not disclose, is now “parked with the council” under the allocation for the upgrading of the resettlement site.
“In fact the funds have been there for quite sometime but because of some misunderstandings earlier on, it had to be put on hold. Everything seems to be okay now and I think the housing project can be implemented soon.
“Now it all depends on how fast MPP can appoint contractors to do the piling, which I think should be expedited since this problem was already long overdue,” he said yesterday.
MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang could not be reached for comment on the matter.
On Thursday, National Housing Corporation (SPNB) Sarawak manager Wan Hamid Wan Habib said they could only start the project after the piling is completed because the area is swampy.
SPNB, as the developer of affordable housing project (RMR), does not cover piling work.
Meanwhile, the affected villagers said they would appreciate no further delays in the resettlement process as they are now squatters on the land that was once theirs.
The site where white sand is being extracted as raw materials for cement processing is also getting closer to some of the houses.
Plans to resettle some 20 families whose houses and land were affected by the clinker project started in the early 90s.
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