450 tonnes of chemicals removed from Pasir Gudang, monitoring continues until Wednesday (March 20)


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  • Sunday, 17 Mar 2019

JOHOR BARU: A total of 450 tonnes of polluted soil, water and sludge from Sungai Kim Kim have been removed on Sunday (March 17), with work now entering the monitoring stage.

Johor Mentri Besar, Datuk Osman Sapian said that although the clean up work had finished, the state had ordered the contractors involved in the cleanup to stay and monitor the location until Wednesday (March 20).

“We have 100% finished the clean up process. It's just that we still need to monitor the location for at least three days, as part of our contingency plan.

“The polluted material had been brought over to an incineration plant in Jalan Tembaga, Pasir Gudang, to be incinerated,” he told reporters after attending the the disaster management committee meeting at Pasir Gudang Municipal Council (MPPG) here.

He added that the polluted material will be incinerated between 800 celsius and 1,200 celsius to ensure that all chemical leftovers are destroyed.

“The remains of the material will be sent to Kualiti Alam Hazardous Waste Management Facility at Bukit Pelanduk, Seremban,” he said.

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