The DAP has warned the government to ensure that the thermal mega-incinerator project which has been relocated from Kampung Bohol, Puchong, to Broga near Semenyih is "absolutely remote and far away" from locals there.

Broga is located 40km south of Kuala Lumpur and straddles Negeri Sembilan and Selangor. Its population is less than 4,000.

DAP national publicity chief Ronnie Liu said it was the duty of the minister concerned in this case the Housing and Local Government Minister Ong Ka Ting ( photo ) to enlighten local residents on the move to relocate the world's largest incinerator of its kind to their backyard.

"While the relocation is a big relief for Puchong residents, it should not be turned into a nightmare for the people of Broga," he said in a statement issued immediately in reaction to the relocation.

Liu said Ong, who is also the Selangor MCA chairperson, must explain and convince people in the state that the relocation was absolutely safe and not a threat to their health and well-being.

The government's decision to re-site the RM1.5 billion incinerator with a maximum capacity of burning 1,500 tonnes of waste daily was a cause for jubilation for Puchong residents who had mobilised residents from surrounding housing estates to oppose the project.