DBKL appoints contractor to fortify slope following collapse

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has appointed a contractor to strengthen the slope following the partial collapse of a retaining wall at Taman Bunga Raya in Jalan Genting Klang near the Wardieburn Camp yesterday.

Kuala Lumpur mayor Maimunah Mohd Sharif said the rubble has been covered with canvas and no report of soil movement has been received so far.

“A total of 13 (terrace) homes were affected in this landslide and all the victims were placed at the Bunga Raya temporary evacuation centre.

“Of that number (13), one house was reported to be seriously damaged while another two were in a precarious state (of alert),” she said at a press conference after visiting the location of another incident where an Indian national was missing and feared buried in a sinkhole which appeared in Jalan Masjid India today.

Maimunah said Taman Bunga Raya residents were also advised not to return home until an assessment by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) confirmed the area was safe.

Media reported that Kuala Lumpur FRD said in a statement that part of the retaining wall in Taman Bunga Raya collapsed at about 5.40pm yesterday affecting a house, but no casualties were reported.

- Bernama

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