The Ingenieur Vol 57 January-March 2014 The Ingenieur Vol 57 January-March 2014 | Page 73

After participating in the
River of Life’s Public Outreach
Programmes, some Taman
Melawati residents want to
do more. Along a clean and
beautiful river, they want to
develop community river parks,
community forest park and
recycling centre.
Many people living in the 30-year
Taman Melawati and surrounding
areas did not know that the
Klang River flowed through their
neighbourhood. But awareness
grew when the Public Outreach
Programme (POP) related to
the River of Life (ROL) project
kicked off in the Ulu Kelang
area in 2013. School children,
restaurant owners, property
developers, workshop operators
and even mosque and surau
leaders took notice. Residents,
the local Masjid leaders  and the
Rotary Club of Melawati saw this
as an opportunity to rally fellow
residents to not only clean up
the Klang River but also improve
the overall living environment.
Dr
G
Balamurugan,
managing director of ERE
Consulting
Group,
the
Department of Irrigation and
Drainage
(DID)
Malaysia’s
consultant for the Stage 1 POP
in Ulu Kelang, explains that
various outreach programmes
were designed to engage
different target groups, namely,
restaurants,
industries,

FEATURE

River Of Life Project Moves
Melawati Residents

schools, developers and local
communities.
The objective
is to make people realise the
importance of clean rivers and
take responsibility to minimise
pollution.
Within POP
,
the Smart
Ranger and River Ranger
p ɽ