PETPOSITIVE NEWSFLASH!
THE KUALA LUMPUR CITY HALL (DBKL) has just handed over the keys of a low cost flat unit to a wheelchair user after an staggering two-year wait for the facility.
V Karuppanan, 60, who was foced to squat in his car at the flat's car park all this while, was thrilled to get his home at last which was promised to him by the council since early 2011.
His new home is in Taman Intan Baiduri in Selayang, Kuala Lumpur.
They threatened that they would not go away until the elderly gentleman was temporarily housed at the DBKL's expense until his promised lot was sorted out.
This prompted the head of housing and community development to provide the victim with his unit within 48 hours.
The handing over of the unit today is the result of last week's demonstration.
DBKL is also looking into making Karuppanan's new home wheelchair friendly - something they promised to do within a fortnight.
"We are also very disappointed with the Welfare Department, which despite us approaching them for help, has done nothing to get our member a decent place to stay," said Francis Siva, president of Independent Living and Training Centre in Rawang, Selangor to PET+BLOGSPOT last week.
"(The) media event (was) to bring urgent attention to his plight," added Francis who is also a committee member of PETPOSITIVE.
V Karuppanan is also a member of Petpositive.
Here are the latest pictures from ILTC from the scene:
Monday June 11, 2012
Deputy Minister miffed over DBKL snub
KUALA Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) tidak apa attitude in dealing with a disabled man’s appeal for a low-cost flat was the cause of protest by members of the Independent Living and Training Centre, said Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan.
Saravanan said the incident had given the Barisan Nasional government a bad name and it also gave the impression that BN politicians in FT were doing nothing.
“The Little Napoleons in City Hall must change their attitude and work with the community leaders. They should not just take their own sweet time to resolve the people’s problems,’’ Saravanan said.
Doing
their job: Fashion shop assistants (from left) Norfifiana Robert and
Jumalina Samsul Bahrin signing a petition in protest of the MRT project
while Bukit Bintang BN representatives Leong Poh Seng, Sathia Sudakaran,
Gan and Simon Sim look on. “This only shows that they had a unit available but simply refuse to give it.
“The fact that my letter of endorsement showed that it was a genuine poverty case and yet DBKL chose to ignore the pleas of the poor man. This shows DBKL’s arrogance in the matter,’’ he said.
Saravanan said he was fed up as there were many pending issues involving poor Indians in FT as well as request for numerous temple projects which were stuck in DBKL red tape.
“The Sungei Besi Sivan temple and the Kepong Vinayagar temple are in limbo. These are classic examples of government bureaucracy,’’ he added.
On Thursday, disabled members staged a protest outside DBKL in support of their fellow member whose application for a low-cost unit has been left pending, forcing him to sleep in his car for the past two-and-a-half years.
Lending an ear: Chandrakumanan listening to the plight of an elderly tenant at PPR Kampung Muhibah. He then sought Saravanan’s help and was given a support letter for the application yet it was not succesful.
Two hours after staging a protest, Karuppanan was offered a unit.
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