Polluted river nothing new in malaysia , illegal waste dumping in river has been going on for years, making this river a ticking time bomb that led to this incident, caused by chemical reactions due to the recent heat and low tide. Awareness of public to preserving for the polluted river and river protecting is vary important .
Every year on 19 sept is " International Coastal CleanUp Day " is to encourages people to rid beaches of the garbage plaguing beaches. Awareness is also spread about preserving and protecting the world's oceans and waterways.
This Year Klang River in Taman Melawati gotong royong no113 .
RCEC meet up location
The access of the park
cleaning in progress
Alot of pretty flower plant by the RCEC society member along the river .
Is vary sad that we found alot of trash in the river
Plastic bag found in the river
Plastic take away cutlery in the river
Plastic straw in the river
Cigarette bud and box found along the river
Glass bottle in the river
Plastic bottle and aluminium can found in the river
After collect we separated out the trash can be recycle and also do the clean up data collection for record .
The mission is to enable River Three which is the building of a River Park, River Community and River Economy on the river bank at the start of the Klang River in Taman Melawati.
RCEC have reached a milestone and set a national record for being the longest continuous community gotong royong in Malaysia, as of the 3rd of August 2019.
The founders for this programs is Mr Kennedy Michael and Ir. Haji Mansor Ghani were nominated as finalist at the Inaugural ROLPOP5 Awards 2019 in the Individual Category while our sister site founder by our founder Kennedy Michael was awarded champions in the NGO Category of the same.
They have commenced Phase 2 on the 10th of August 2019 and now go into our 28th week of Phase 2.
Among the tasks they will carry out are:
1. Trimming/ Cutting grass along the existing trail and cabin
2. Clearing drains around the cabin area
3. Clearing rubbish from the cabin area, the trail, and the riverbank
4. Weeding our Kebun-Kebun
Gotong royong every Sunday
location :-
RCEC
Jalan Melawati 5
Taman Melawati
Kuala Lumpur
53100, Selangor
GPS Coordinates: 3.2166270, 101.7509430
From 08:00 am To 10:00 am
Mission Impact :- 1. Protect water source 2. Keep river banks and trails clean 3. Provide safe and inclusive access to the river 4. Build the River Community for Taman Melawati 5. Build a River Economy for Taman Melawati
let's clean up and protect our river and sea together .