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KUALA LUMPUR: The Thaipusam festival may have come and gone but the rubbish strewn around the temple and its vicinity looks like it's here to stay for a few more days, much to the chagrin of shop owners and residents living nearby.  Four days after the festival, bicycle shopowner Gunasilan Narayansamy, 40, said some of the rubbish collected from the grounds of Batu Caves temple was left in front of his shop.

 His is one of the many shops in the rows of shops such as restaurants, grocery shops, car workshops and car wash lots operating some 500 metres from Batu Caves main gates.

 "These bags of rubbish were placed in front of my shop last Friday. A day later, the stench became unbearable, so I had to move the 20 to 30 bags across the road. And it's still there," he said.  Gunasilan also said that piles of rubbish, made up of mostly styrofoam food containers, were also strewn all over the place behind his shop, facing Taman Sri Batu Caves.

 He said that the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) had been clearing only the rubbish from the large bins in the Batu Caves temple compound.

 "There's still a lot more rubbish in the surrounding areas. Batu Caves is a tourist attraction.

 "We still see local and foreign visitors coming here, so it'll leave a bad impression on them with all this rubbish still piling up in the surrounding areas," he said.

 Meanwhile, building committee member Ramaya Kullappan, 70, said that he had made complaints and written letters to MPS regarding the rubbish collection in the area but had yet to received any replies.

 "They have not even provided any rubbish bins that are large enough to fill all the rubbish that's been scattered.

 "The roadwork is also not well done as the roads are uneven and potholes not properly patched."

 Venus Chia, 36, has gotten used to seeing rubbish strewn around Batu Caves, especially during the Thaipusam festival.

 "It's a norm every year to see this ugly sight in Batu Caves."

 She feels that it is a shame that many local and foreign visitors have to see this mess.

 "Batu Caves has always been a tourist attraction and to have rubbish everywhere is not something anyone can be proud of.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "The very least MPS could have done is to provide more bins and collect them everyday," Chia added.

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