KL suburbs take on City Hall in fight to save green lungs


Melati A. Jalil Tan Wan-Peng

Two women cycling at Taman Rimba Kiara in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Residents at several suburbs, including TTDI, are pulling out all the stops to find a way to stop what they call unethical over-development of KL's green lungs. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, June 12, 2017.

A SUIT against Kuala Lumpur City Hall over losing a green lung in the affluent Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) area is being watched by residents in other Kuala Lumpur suburbs facing the same threat and unrestrained rise in population density.

It began year ago when TTDI residents discovered a City Hall notice which announced a mammoth development that would obliterate much of Taman Rimba Kiara. They were not taking that lying down. They have been demanding answers.


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