Well, here goes another landslide in Kajang. This time in Taman Bukit Kajang Baru as reported in The Star. Fortunately, there were no casulties. There are also a few other areas in the vicinity that have complaint so many times to the local authorities but have felled on deaf ears. Wonder what it takes for them to move their butts.
Until the next time, cheers.
The Star, Friday August 19, 2011
Lucky escape for family
IT was a close call for a family in Taman Bukit Kajang Baru when a retention wall of their house collapsed on Wednesday evening.
House owner Loh Wei Chao said his father-in-law was in the compound when the wall crashed and damaged the front part of the house. The eight adults and three children were not at home when the incident took place.
“We have been staying in the house for 15 years and nothing like this has ever happened.
Exposed: The wall collapsed on Wednesday evening at about 7.30pm.“There is a housing project nearby and we can feel the vibrations from the machines,” he said.
He said he had complained to the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) but to no avail.
However, council president Datuk Nawawi Hassan Abdul Rahman said the house owners had flouted the law by building the driveway on a road reserve.
“They have to bear the consequences. Initial findings showed that the wall collapsed due to the owner carrying out earth work. We are still investigating,” he said.
Loh admitted that the driveway was built on a road reserve but they had not received any notice from the council for the past 15 years.
He said an MPKj officer had given him the green light verbally on the earth work in his house,MPKj councillor S.T. Chandramohan said council engineers went to the scene that night and placed tarpaulins over the building as a temporary measure.
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