PETALING JAYA: The relevant enforcement agencies must take immediate steps against open burning to prevent the worsening of the haze, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.
"Enforcement cannot be the sole responsibility of the Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Ministry. It must be a concerted effort by several agencies," said the Alliance for Safe Community founder and chairman.
He said that there must be an immediate response from enforcement agencies if open burning activities were detected and cited an example in the Ampang Jaya district where illegal backyard workshops located on land belonging to a statutory body were regularly carrying out open burning activities. On Saturday , Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said that the nation was bracing for the return of the haze due to the recent hot and dry conditions.
Environment Department director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar said the Air Pollutant Index recorded in Segamat was 139 while Tanah Merah was at 109 as of 2pm on Saturday .
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