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Guru Nanak Darbar Tatt Khalsa Diwan
Selangor,
Malaysia facing problems
WSN Network
 Sikhs
in Malaysia are facing a crisis with the devotees of Guru Nanak
Darbar, Tatt Khalsa Diwan Selangor being victimized by Datuk Bandar
Kuala Lumpur (Mayor) with new a problem, almost every day.
Sikhs in Kuala Lumpur have an outstanding problem with Dewan
Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (local council) for years regarding the main
entrance to the Gurdwara. A night market is setup at the entrance
which troubles the Sikhs who congregate at the Gurdwara for prayers,
but the Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur has not taken any action to
solve it in-spite of many complaints since 2002.
This Gurdwara established in 1918 in the heart of the city, has now
developed to a twelve million Ringgit complex.
As it is, the day market already causes congestion along Jalan Raja
Alang as vehicles often double-park along this road and at the
entrance to Guru Nanak Darbar Tatt Khalsa Diwan Selangor thus making
the drive to the Gurdwara very uneasy and difficult.
The congregation has dwindled in numbers as it finds it very
troublesome to reach the place of worship, some times taking longer
to reach the final 100 meters to the Gurdwara entrance comparing to
a 10km town drive. Like the saying "so near, yet so far". Many
congregational members have had arguments with the market operators
which have lead them to shy away from the Gurdwara.
Now, the entrance to Wisma Tatt Khalsa will be hindered. Dewan
Bandaraya is changing the individual parking lots and pedestrian
walkway into public toilets, a rubbish-dump and a police beat-base
(or maybe more stalls). Now Wisma Tatt Khalsa and our favorite
Gurdwara Sahib are being further victimized by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala
Lumpur. The construction, which has begun and now encroaching the
front of it's complex, Wisma Tatt Khalsa not only poses problems for
its members but will have an effect in it's programmes, both
religious and cultural functions.
This abuse of power by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur as it is
building toilets, rubbish-dump and police beat-base (right at the
central front of Wisma Tatt Khalsa) on the main road of Jalan Raja
Bot, finds the Sikhs of Kuala Lumpur agitating against this step by
the local authorities and have invited Sikhs in the country and
elsewhere to complain to the Prime Minister's office as well as to
the local authorities.
The Gurdwara Sahib has written to DBKL to upgrade this road by
removing the stalls and hawkers and convert the road (Jalan Raja
Alang and Jalan Raja Bot) to one-way drive, but there has no
response.
Guru Nanak Darbar is still the favourite place of worship for the
Sikh community in Kuala Lumpur and all Sikhs are rallying together
to write to the Malaysian Prime Minister's Office and to the Biro
Pengaduan Awam, Jabatan Perdana Menteri.
28 January 2009
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