I attended the above seminar held at Flamingo Hotel from 3 pm to 5.30 pm. It's aim is to promote awareness of the general public which also encourage the public to be equally 'responsible' in looking out for signs and general maintenance of slopes. We were also briefed on factors and types of landslides, slope covers and retaining walls. A brief on Town and country planning Act 1976 which section 21 A and 22 are very much lacking (by the way I will update the brochure and other information on my blog too). All these are generally public information so I did not find anything in particular that has the answers to my interest as a responsible hill slope resident. THREE ISSUES AND CONCERNS I BROUGHT UP IN THE SEMINAR were:
- After several events of such landslides in our country the 'MAIN' coordinator has yet to be identified. This has to be dealt immediately where CKC JKR must come in to give immediate attention to the already failed slope to deteriorate further. Eg. in Bukit Antarabangsa under the directive of Chief police, the concentration was merely rescue operation which the root of the cause was not attended to. It was more than 10 days before the failed slope was covered with tarpaulins and all broken drains and sumps were patched up after the insistence by fellow Wangsa 9s. We had to initiate and drag authorities to do it. In other words to stabilize the slope was not itemised in the list of our CPO. I am sure MPAJ was being contacted but in view of their lack of proficiency technically and with just 'one' engineer it was an impossible task. Having said this, this 'one' MPAJ engineer is someone we appreciate dearly. It is high time a DISASTER team is to be set up to deal with all sorts of disaster but now in our case, landslide where CKC JKR should be formalised from a unit to a department. ACTION TO TAKEN : Dato Taha and myself discussed and BAAC will write in to ministry of 'bencana alam' to support such move. CKC JKR will then supervise all slope managements and supervise all local authorities on slope developments and maintenance. ISSUE
- This seminar aims to educate residents too. As far as Wangsa 9s are concerned, we had been observing all the signs of landslide but all complaints were taken too lightly if not at all over the years. In conclusion MPAJ has a lot to buck up on its engineering department and its strict liaison with developers on maintenance.
- This seminar has sufficiently taught us all issues in relation to landslide HOWEVER I feel that we will be more educated if we can get hold of the JKR REPORT to identify and determine the causes of our slope failure which in all cases the general residents and public should be able to be accessible to. We need to know. So far JKR or IKRAM REPORTS have been kept away from the public. I requested for the JKR report. (by the way,we have been requesting all the time) ANSWER :Dato Asahari said that the whole report will be completed in 2 or 3 weeks time and will be in cabinet and will look into making it available to public.
Thank you and regards,
YENHEE
The above post was sent via SMS
