MCC sets up committee to solve air pollution in Krokop

MIRI: A committee will be set up to address the dusty road that contributed to the air pollution along Krokop’s main road here.

Miri mayor Adam Yii said the committee will be headed by Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMS).

“As a result of site inspection of Krokop Jetty area today followed by discussion, a decision has been made to form a committee headed by CMS.

“Besides Miri City Council ( MCC), the other agencies which will sit in the committee are the local industrial player in Miri, Shin Yang, Natural Resources Environment Board ( NREB) and Department of Environment ( DOE) here,” he told the media after a site visit to the dusty area yesterday.

Yii assured the people living and working in the affected area of his commitment to solve the long-standing problem.

He said the council together with NREB and DOE had actually started working on this issue for quite some time already.

Krokop being one of the major industrial areas in Miri, he thanked CMS and Shin Yang for their commitment and cooperation to solve the dusty condition along that

CMS is leading this committee because at this point, we suspect the operation of cement owned by the company is the main contributor to the dusty road condition at the Krokop main road. Adam Yii, Miri mayor

stretch of road.

“CMS is leading this committee because at this point, we suspect the cement operation owned by the company is the main contributor to the dusty road and polluted air at Krokop main road.

“That’s why this committee will be set up to determine whether the cement plant is contributing to the dust problem. If not, of course we will tackle the normal sandy, dusty issue.”

He said it was important that all relevant parties come together to solve the problem.

Also present were CMS group chief corporate officer Dato Isaac Lugun, CMS group chief operating officer Goh Chii Bing, Shin Yang Shipping Corporation Berhad executive director Ling Chiong Sieng and city councillors.