Setiap kali banjir melanda…
Setiap kali banjir datang menerpa, maka setiap kali pula kita teringat bahawa alam sekitar itu adalah bagian daripada kehidupan kita. Maka sewajarnyalah alam itu kita hormati, kewujudannya.
Malangnya tatkala kita menarah hutan untuk merompak hasilnya, kita lupa bahawa itulah cara paling efisien menempah bencana. Tatkala mabuk duit, kita pura-pura lupa, menjadi rakus lalu meronyeh alam kerana kemaruk kayu kayan di dalam rahimnya.
Maka hutan kawasan tadahan itu pun kita perkosa semahu-mahunya.
Apabila kita membina prasarana lalu lintas, katakanlah sebuah jambatan, kita terlupa bahawa cerucuk yang berjejeran di dalam sungai itu, telah mengecilkan keratan mukanya.
Apabila kita mendirikan benteng, setinggi dua pucuk kelapa, untuk mematri rek kereta api maha laju, kita terlupa bahawa limpahan air kawasan tadahan yang sudahpun kita gunduli itu mencurah-curah tingkah airnya ― nah, ini tentunya tidak mudah kita jinak lagi.
Paling tragis ― limpahan airnya telah kita bentengi dalam takungan bernama bunuh diri.
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Setiap kali kita dilanda banjir ― kita pun tiba-tiba teringat: Kita telah durjana kepada alam.
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Malaysiakini Feb 6, 11 3:06pm “Groups: Where are the flood mitigation efforts?”
“An untold number of houses and commercial and industrial property are inundated by floodwaters in Johor, leading many quarters to voice the question staring authorities in the face - where are the flood mitigation projects?
According to Johor opposition leader and DAP's Skudai state assemblyperson Dr Boo Cheng Hau who made his rounds to flood victims in Ledang and Muar districts today, as much as RM3-10 billion could have been lost as a result of the floodwaters that have submerged much of the south over the past few weeks.”
According to Johor opposition leader and DAP's Skudai state assemblyperson Dr Boo Cheng Hau who made his rounds to flood victims in Ledang and Muar districts today, as much as RM3-10 billion could have been lost as a result of the floodwaters that have submerged much of the south over the past few weeks.”
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