Taman Wawasan landslide: Evacuated residents allowed to return home

The area of ​​the landslide that occurred on Dec 16 last year at Taman Wawasan, Puchong is now safe to be inhabited again by the residents of nine homes evacuated after the collapse which also swallowed four cars.

Chairperson of the Petaling District Disaster Management Committee Huzunul Khaidil Mohammed made the announcement after making an official visit with various related agencies on Oct 28.

He said the decision to declare Taman Wawasan safe for occupation was made based on the advice received from the agencies involved, besides taking into account the technical report from the engineering division of the Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ).

“I declare the area of ​​Jalan Wawasan 3/9, Taman Wawasan, Puchong to be free from landslides and all families involved can move into their homes with effect from today,” he said in a statement today.

Kinrara assemblyman Ng Sze Han said the total cost of the landslide repair work amounted to RM12.12 million involving two main phases of temporary and permanent stabilisation from Dec 17, 2023, until Oct 24, 2024.

“On Dec 17 last year, MBSJ appointed a contractor to carry out temporary stabilisation work to install steel piles in the rubble area and repair the 83-m-long monsoon drain.

“On May 15 permanent stabilisation work began and took approximately six months... to be fully completed in less than a year for the large rubble area, which also involved the construction of gabion walls and slope re-stabilisation,” said the Selangor Investment, Trade and Mobility Committee chairperson in a press conference yesterday.

Previously, four families chose to live temporarily in the MBSJ quarters while another five families lived with relatives, and now all the residents of the nine houses can return to their homes, which have been repaired, he said.

“I have been informed that all residents are busy cleaning their homes to move back soon. Their homes are guaranteed to be safe and they can return anytime starting today,” Ng said.

“MBSJ also instructed developers and landowners to make periodic checks along the main ditch line from Tasik Wawasan to the Damansara-Puchong Highway that it stays strong,” said MBSJ engineering division director Mohd Ariffuddin Kamari.

On Dec 16, a landslide impacting the monsoon drain area and the slope occurred following a heavy rainfall measuring 95.5mm.

The incident led to the collapse of an area of ​​0.872ha affecting nine homes.

- Bernama

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