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NO DEVELOPMENT ON HILL SLOPES EXCEEDING 35 DEGREES GRADIENT IN FT
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 13 (Bernama) -- The Federal Territories Ministry Friday
decided to disallow any development on hill slopes with a gradient of more than
35 degrees in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan.
Its minister, Zulhasnan Rafique said projects on hill slopes with a
gradient of 26 to 35 degrees would be frozen until such time when a proper
planning, design and control system had been devised and enforced by the
government.
"However, the developers or contractors of the affected projects will be
asked to carry out work to reinforce the soil structure including constructing a
proper drainage system to ensure that the soil structure is safe from
landslides," he told reporters at a press conference at his office, here Friday.
Zulhasnan said that for projects on hill slopes that had already been
approved, the developers or contractors would not be allowed to carry out earth
works or building construction until the government had reached a
decision.
"The Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment are carrying out studies on this matter and they will
issue guidelines on such developments soon, and whether these projects would
continue will depend on these guidelines," he said.
Zulhasnan said that currently three projects in Kuala Lumpur had been
identified as risky, namely the development of 21 units of bungalows in Medan
Damansara, the development of a block of service apartments in Bukit Ceylon, and
the development of bungalows on Bukit Gasing.
For the projects in Medan Damansara and Bukit Ceylon, he said the
developers had been ordered to stop development work and, instead, asked to
reinforce the slopes as had been approved.
For the project in Bukit Gasing, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) had
postponed consideration for the application to build individual bungalows as the
case had been taken to court because the residents of Taman Bukit Gasing were
not happy with the approval given for the project.
-- BERNAMA
decided to disallow any development on hill slopes with a gradient of more than
35 degrees in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan.
Its minister, Zulhasnan Rafique said projects on hill slopes with a
gradient of 26 to 35 degrees would be frozen until such time when a proper
planning, design and control system had been devised and enforced by the
government.
"However, the developers or contractors of the affected projects will be
asked to carry out work to reinforce the soil structure including constructing a
proper drainage system to ensure that the soil structure is safe from
landslides," he told reporters at a press conference at his office, here Friday.
Zulhasnan said that for projects on hill slopes that had already been
approved, the developers or contractors would not be allowed to carry out earth
works or building construction until the government had reached a
decision.
"The Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment are carrying out studies on this matter and they will
issue guidelines on such developments soon, and whether these projects would
continue will depend on these guidelines," he said.
Zulhasnan said that currently three projects in Kuala Lumpur had been
identified as risky, namely the development of 21 units of bungalows in Medan
Damansara, the development of a block of service apartments in Bukit Ceylon, and
the development of bungalows on Bukit Gasing.
For the projects in Medan Damansara and Bukit Ceylon, he said the
developers had been ordered to stop development work and, instead, asked to
reinforce the slopes as had been approved.
For the project in Bukit Gasing, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) had
postponed consideration for the application to build individual bungalows as the
case had been taken to court because the residents of Taman Bukit Gasing were
not happy with the approval given for the project.
-- BERNAMA
