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For the past three years, a Marine Parade resident has been frustrated by the wall of plants outside his neighbour's flat. Gulam Rasul aired his gripes about the «neglected garden» on the seventh floor of Block 19 Marine Terrace on Facebook g'It's a breeding ground for mosquitoes': Marine Parade resident raises alarm over neighbour's plant wall
For the past three years, a Marine Parade resident has been frustrated by the wall of plants outside his neighbour's flat. Gulam Rasul aired his gripes about the «neglected garden» on the seventh floor of Block 19 Marine Terrace on Facebook group Complaint Singapore last Wednesday (July 3). In his post, he pointed out that the «overgrown garden» was causing «significant» health and safety issues for the community, such as providing «a breeding ground for mosquitoes» and encroaching on the common corridor space. Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, the 44-year-old said his neighbour, a woman, moved into the unit next door about 10 years ago and started placing plants outside the flat about three years ago. The number of plants has since grown to cover an entire stretch of wall, including her corridor-facing windows. «Some of the potted plants have dried up and become flammable,» said Gulam, who has been living at the block for 17 years. «There are also a lot of plastic bottles and cups piled up outside, and it's a breeding ground for mosquitoes.» Read more