Home-grown: Zaiton watering the vegetable garden grown on a narrow strip of unused land. Photos: YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
KUALA Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) noble plan of community and urban farming was in need of an impetus, which as it turned out laid in the Covid-19 pandemic, as unwelcome as the disease might be.
The plan was kick-started and as a result, various unsightly sites in the city were turned into pockets of greenery.
StarMetro ventures to two community farms in the city that have been transformed by residents, some of whom have lost their jobs and are seeking alternatives in earning a living.
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 A million trees will be planted in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan in phases, beginning this year until 2025, under the Malaysia Greening Programme themed Green Region, Sustainable Region.
Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said under the programme which is based on the concept of urban forest and flowering city, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) aims to plant 500,000 trees, Putrajaya Corporation 400,000 trees and Labuan Corporation 100,000 trees.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Federal Territories (FT) is mulling to continue implementing the River of Life (RoL) Programme to ensure the rivers in t.
DBKL receives over 38,000 applications for PA, PPR houses 01 Apr 2021 / 17:00 H. Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah. Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has received 38,145 applications for the People’s Housing Projects (PPR) and Public Housing (PA) up until last January.
Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah said applications involving the urban poor had been received since 2009.
“Of the total, 14,412 applications have been offered for the housing units until March.
“We took a long time to approve the applications because the number of vacant units for the housing is very limited,“ he told Bernama.