KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has appointed a contractor to strengthen the slope following the partial collapse of a retaining wall at Taman Bunga Raya in Jalan Genting Klang near the Wardieburn Camp on Thursday (August 22).
Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif said the work of placing canvas cover over the rubble has been carried out and so far no report of soil movement at the site has been received.
“A total of 13 (terrace) homes were affected in this landslide and all the victims were placed at the Bunga Raya temporary evacuation centre.
“Of that number (13), one house was reported to be seriously damaged while another two were in a precarious state (of alert),” she said at a press conference after visiting the location of another incident where a foreign woman was missing and feared buried in a sinkhole which appeared in Jalan Masjid India yesterday.
Taman Bunga Raya residents have also been advised to not return home until an assessment by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) confirms the area is safe.
In a statement, the Kuala Lumpur JBPM said that part of the retaining wall in Taman Bunga Raya collapsed at about 5.40pm on Thursday affecting a house, but no casualties were reported.
— Bernama
