Kim Kim River Pollution Report



Hazmat team members conduct an inspection before the cleaning of toxic waste at sungai kim kim pasir gudang on march 14 2019.

Kim kim river pollution report. Kuala lumpur the illegal dumping of toxic waste into sungai kim kim in pasir gudang johor has sickened 937 people and forced the closure of all 111 schools in the area. Kim kim river free of pollutions. The 2019 kim kim river toxic pollution is a water pollution incident that occurred on 7 march 2019 caused by illegal chemical waste dumping at the kim kim river in pasir gudang of johor in malaysia the illegal dumping released toxic fumes affecting 6 000 people and hospitalising 2 775.

Most of the victims were school students 110 schools located near the river were subsequently closed. Sungai kim kim is a class iii slightly polluted river. By now the whole of malaysia has probably heard the news concerning the kim kim river in johor which had been contaminated with toxic waste.

A group of 160 victims of the sungai kim kim pollution will take the johor chief minister and the state government to court to seek monetary compensation for damages caused by the. Out of 477 rivers nationwide monitored by the doe that year 51 were considered polluted. Twenty seven of these over 52 9 percent were in johor alone with 12 class iii rivers 14 class iv and one class v river.

Water quality and modelling specialist zaki zainudin agreed that pollution had been an issue at sungai kim kim for a while now saying locals had discovered discharge in drains back in 2012. Yeo 19 mar 2019 23 53 h. Because of this school students and adults in the area have been experiencing breathing difficulties after inhaling hazardous fumes.

Over 4 000 people in pasir gudang in johor have been affected by a chemical dumping disaster in the kim kim river. The star reported that agencies involved in the clean up of the. The pollution covers an area of a 500 m radius in the 1 5 km long river he told reporters at the cleansing operations centre for the kim kim river here today.