THE Pahang state forestry division is monitoring security at leisure areas in addition to briefly closing some areas below its administration to guests throughout the monsoon season.
Pahang forestry director Mohd Hizamri Mohd Yasin stated the division would additionally verify the security degree of leisure websites earlier than permitting the general public to go to the areas after the monsoon season.
He stated forest eco-parks (TER), state park forests (HTN), climbing routes and different ecotourism and leisure actions within the Everlasting Forest Reserve (HSK) below the administration of the division, are among the many areas which are briefly closed each monsoon season.
In line with him, climbing tracks and all sorts of leisure actions in HSK are presently not open as a result of security of climbing trails and the situations on the bottom that must be checked first.
“The areas can be checked for fallen timber, damaged branches, landslides and climbing tracks which have been minimize off,” he stated when contacted.
A complete of 26 TERs and HTNs in Pahang have been closed since November 1 and the division didn’t subject permits for leisure actions in such areas.
In line with Hizamri, TERs and HTNs will reopen from January 4 after the monsoon season within the state has subsided, however the climbing websites and leisure actions in HSK would nonetheless not be opened to the general public.
“The general public can also be reminded to watch out if there may be any change in climate or environmental situations after the TERs and HTNs are opened later,” he stated.
He stated the Mossy Forest in Cameron Highlands, which was closed on account of a landslide, has additionally been opened after the Public Works Division repaired the entry highway and the damaging slope.
“Nevertheless, on account of security elements, guests are suggested to make use of four-wheel drive automobiles from non-public operators round Cameron Highlands to get there,” he stated.
A meals dealer in Bukit Fraser, identified solely as Ita, 48, stated the resort is now gloomy with the absence of vacationers which is affecting their enterprise.
She is of the view that the situation of the broken highway, and the landslide incident in Batang Kali, Selangor which claimed 31 lives not too long ago, might trigger folks to vary their trip plans throughout the wet season.
“When the (situation) of the highway is unhealthy, folks could also be afraid to come back as a result of they don’t wish to danger it. I hope the authorities take rapid motion to draw vacationers who can enhance our earnings once more,” she stated. – Bernama, December 31, 2022.
