KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be carrying out remedial works on a collapsed retaining wall at a plot of private land at Laman Tunku, Kuala Lumpur.
The retaining wall at Lot 8224 started collapsing early this month and the residents association had alerted the DBKL as eight bungalows along Jalan Dataran Tunku are affected by the collapse.
Following the complaint, City Hall issued a notice to the land owner on Dec 7 to begin remedial works within 48 hours. However, the owner had failed to take any action.
Checking it ou: Salleh and Siti discussing Ikram’s initial report during their visit to the site. According to DBKL director-general Datuk Salleh Yusup, DBKL has decided to carry out the work to prevent a disaster from occuring.
“We have asked Ikram to step in and determine the next course of action and they have already carried out a preliminary study,” Salleh said.
He was speaking during a visit to the site with DBKL Public Works Dept director Siti Saffur.
Siti Saffur said there was a small land slip at the site, which had put pressure on the soil and caused the retaining wall to collapse.
“Our immediate plan is to set up a three-metre buffer zone along the road and we will wait for the detailed report before taking any further action,” she said.
Siti Saffur also said Ikram would determine the type of soil at the site to ensure that the remedial works would be carried out without any problems.
The DBKL has yet to determine the cost of the remedial works but Salleh said the land owner would be billed for the work.
For now, City Hall has removed some of the soil and cordoned off half of Jalan Dataran Tunku.
“We also have our rescue team on standby 24 hours a day, with 12 officers on three different shifts.
“They will continuously monitor the situation,” Salleh said.
A developer had been given permission to develop the plot in 2003 but had failed to do so within a year and the approval expired.
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