Committee to decide in nine days on return of residents
The Selangor Public Works Department’s technical committee will decide within nine days whether those evacuated from five 'danger' areas in Bukit Antarabangsa would be allowed to return to their homes.
The Selangor Public Works Department’s technical committee will decide within nine days whether those evacuated from five 'danger' areas in Bukit Antarabangsa would be allowed to return to their homes.
Residents of Impian Selatan Condominium, Jalan 6A of Taman Bukit Jaya, Taman Bukit Mewah and Jalan 9 and 11 of Taman Wangsa Ukay were evacuated after the areas were categorised as unstable following the
landslide
on Saturday.
In the incident, four people - veterinarian Dr N Yogeswari, accountant Ng Yee Ping, Shaiful Khas Shaharuddin and Indonesian domestic helper Surina - were killed.
The search for a fifth person, a domestic helper from Sri Lanka, was called off this afternoon after several days’ efforts to locate her body turned up nothing.
Fourteen bungalows in Taman Bukit Utama and Taman Bukit Mewah were damaged.
Contacted this afternoon, state tourism, consumer affairs and environment exco Elizabeth Wong also said an open forum involving all residents of hillside areas, building professionals and hillside development experts, NGOs and government agencies would be held before the third week of January next year.
The forum will discuss ways to decrease the risk of landslides.
Experts roped in
Meanwhile, in a statement released to the media, Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim said the state executive council has invited an engineering professional to advise it on the management and development of hillslopes.
"Through the discussions, the state government has decided that it will soon set up a ‘review team’ to assist the excos and the menteri besar to find the best way to manage hillside development involving projects approved by the previous administration.
"The scope of this team includes studying all existing and inhabited hillside developments as well as hillside developments undergoing construction, and to determine the best practices of monitoring and managing hillside developments," said the statement.
Wong was reported in TheSun today as saying that development projects that have not begun but were approved before the March 8 general election "should not be allowed to proceed", particularly in the Bukit Antarabangsa-Hulu Kelang hill range.
