Thursday, December 03, 2009

Squatters On KTM Reserve Land.

I wonder in amazement how KTM could allow illegal squatters to squat on the reserve land bordering the railway line. The railway line stretching from the Seremban station all along rasah are now fully occupied by illegal squatters and KTM seems to be closing an eye on these settlements. On these illegal reserve land timber houses have mushroomed and they are even fitted with pipe water and electricity.

These illegal settlements that occupy KTM reserve land is waiting for a tragedy to happen and when it happens it will be a costly affair for KTM. Once a derailment occurs along any of these stretch alot of lives and property will be lost and destroyed. That is when KTM will have to fork out alot of money for compensation. How could KTM management not see the potential danger of such settlements being sited along the railway line? Or are they merely waiting for a tragedy to happen before taking any action. Along the rasah stretch some squatters have even cleared the reserve land to turn them into junk yards. Dont KTM have a property department where surveilance is kept on its property being illegally occupied?

I believe this is not only prevalent in the Seremban stretch of railway line but is a common occurrence in all the reserve land in the whole of the country.The only reason I can guess is that KTM is either closing an eye to these illegal settlements or there are people in the railway dept acting in concert to allow these settlements to mushroom. Either way, KTM will have to pay a hefty price when tragedy of any kind do take place along the railway reserve land.

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