IPOH: The Tanjung Batu waterfall in Segari, Manjung, is not affected due to quarrying activities but photos of a site that had gone viral is actually a seasonal stream, says Mohd Akmal Kamarudin.
The state environment and green technology committee chairman said as the waterfall was located one kilometre away from the licenced quarry site, it was (waterfall) still protected and not affected.
He said the photos that went viral showed a seasonal stream that occurred only during a downpour as a result from a reservoir located some 200m above the licensed area of the Segari Melintang forest reserve.
“Thus, the failure to control soil erosion and sediment from quarrying activities affected the seasonal stream and not the waterfall.
IPOH: The Tanjung Batu waterfall in Segari, Manjung is still protected, says state Environment and Green Technology committee chairman Mohd Akmal Kamarudin.
He said that the waterfall is not located within a licenced quarry, adding that the now-viral photo of the area is actually of a seasonal waterway that occurs only during a heavy downpour from a water reservoir located within the licensed area of the Segari Melintang forest reserve.
“The failure to control the soil erosion and sediment has affected the seasonal waterway, and not the waterfall, ” said Mohd Akmal.
He added in a statement issued on Friday (Jan 22) that the quarry operator had violated the requirements of the Environment Impact Assessment, which includes not appointing a certified environment officer.
Saturday, 12 Dec 2020
Day one: Saarani clocking in on his first day as mentri besar at the state secretariat building in Ipoh. RONNIE CHIN/The Star
IPOH: Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad remains tight-lipped on whether PAS will be part of the new state executive council.
He said he could only propose names as it was the prerogative of the Perak Ruler Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah to give the final assent to the list.
On Thursday, after his swearing-in as the mentri besar at Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar, the initial five exco members were sworn in as well.
There are still five more exco members to be appointed to complete the line-up.
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IPOH: The Mentri Besar can only propose the names of Perak state executive councillors, as it is the prerogative of Perak Ruler Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah to assent to the exco list, says Datuk Saarani Mohamad (
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The Perak Mentri Besar said this when asked if PAS would be part of the list, as there were five more exco members who have yet to be appointed.
“The post of the five exco members will be filled when the time is right, but you must remember that a mentri besar can only suggest the names, while the final say would be that of the Ruler, said Saarani.