Upset over the construction of high-tension electric cable towers over their Rawang New Village, about 50 angry residents staged a one-hour protest in front of TNB’s headquarters today (3 Sept, 2007). Bearing banners and decrying TNB’s rejection of their proposals for alternative routes for the power transmission lines, the residents urged Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to exercise his powers and order the towers to be moved to an alternative site.
The towers are part of TNB’s plan to increase power supply in the aftermath of the major blackouts in the Klang Valley in 2005. The new power lines will carry 240KV from its current 33KV. Residents however believe the electro magnetic field (EMF) generated by the power lines will adversely affect their health.
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