MB warns developer over water tank fiasco
The Star 14/4/2006

KANGAR: The developer of Taman Hijrah here, has been given a stern warning to rectify problems at all its houses after a 150-gallon water tank crashed through the ceiling of a living room in one of the homes there.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said the developer has been told to replace the wooden support with iron beams in all the 80 houses that the company had built in Taman Hijrah.

He also instructed Aima Development Sdn Bhd to get its representatives to check on the matter within two days and reduce the size of the water tanks – to 100-gallon capacity – in all the houses.

On Wednesday, civil servant Nor Hafizah Mustafa, 27, had a rude shock when the water tank at her home came crashing down in her living room while she was taking a nap in her bedroom.

The Perlis Forestry Department operations assistant director said three other houses had made similar complaints over the past year and housewife Suni Bidin, 35, verified this.

Shahidan said he was surprised that the developer had placed the tank above the living room, instead of placing it in the bathroom area or outside the house.

“I am giving a stern warning and, in future, I don’t want to see any project in the state being approved if the developers place their tanks in such a manner,'' he said.

Company manager Zuber Ahmad, who met Kangar Municipal Council president Faezan Omar and state Local Government and Housing committee chairman Azihani Datuk Ali, said that his staff had gone to check all houses in Taman Hijrah.