Compiled by C. ARUNO and BENJAMIN LEE
HORDES of flies and the smell of manure from a nearby farm have made life a living hell for residents of two villages in Cherang Ruku, Kelantan, following a recent flood, Kosmo! reported.
Flies have invaded the homes of over 300 villagers in Kampung Pasir Sotong and Kampung Raja Dagang, with efforts to get rid of them proving futile.
Asmadi Mohamad, 60, said the unending waves of insects continued despite them having already exterminated lots of them by using over 100 pieces of flypaper traps.
“The situation has worsened in the past week as the manure from the poultry farm became a breeding ground for the flies, with the smell of manure pervading the entire village,” he said.
Another resident, Rabiah Ismail, in her 40s, said food vendors have been unable to operate as flies swarm any food despite multiple candles placed nearby to deter these unwelcome guests.
“We really need help from the relevant authorities to eliminate the breeding of mosquitoes and flies. Perhaps fogging would be an effective method to combat the problem,” she said.
> Imagine waiting over two years for an essential 1km stretch of road to be completed, only for the project to be abandoned before it is built.
This is the reality for residents of Kampung Sri Maju Jaya in Kluang, Johor, after a planned road here to facilitate transport of palm oil harvests was left abandoned, the daily also reported.
Local farmer Roslan Mohd Ali, 45, said the new route, with construction having begun in May 2022, was supposed to have been done in two months but progress slowed to an eventual halt.
“The construction of the route has been ditched and it is now severely overgrown with shrubs.
“We have no idea why this happened as the last update we got was that only 300m of it was finished, while the rest had been abandoned by the appointed contractor.
“It’s very inconvenient as we now have to use more time taking alternative routes and ways to transport the harvests,” he said.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
