Developer to design new retaining wall

KUALA LUMPUR: THE Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has instructed the developer of landslip-hit Bukit Setiawangsa to come up with a design for a new retaining wall soon as a possible long-term so-lution.

Mayor Datuk Ahmad Phe-sal Talib said the design should adhere to the 2010 Kuala Lumpur hillslope de-velopment regulations and the cost would be borne with the developer.

"The new retaining wall and slope will take into ac-count the soil investigation report, safety factor and buffer zone," he said after a meeting with the developer, Public Works Department and Public Works Institute of Malaysia (Ikram) at DBKL headquarters yesterday.

He said the short-term mitigation works, which started last week, would be completed by end of the month.

"After that, residents, who had to vacate their houses, will be allowed to go back,"

"City Hall will work with the police to list down the number of affected residents eligible to claim compensa-tion from the developer.

"Ahmad Phesal said from tomorrow, the monitoring of the site will be executed by the developer and its consultant."Ikram will cooperate with us while the developer will have to submit their soil in-vestigation readings to us," he said.

A task force, comprising of DBKL, Public Works De-partment, developer, Ikram and Mineral and Geo-Sci-ence Department has been set to oversee the Bukit Set-iawangsa slopes.

He said authorities have yet to decide on the fate of bungalows belonging to Rompin MP Datuk Seri Jamaludin Jarjis and Se-tiawangsa MP Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique.

Sentul police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan said police are still manning the site to ensure safety and prevent thefts."We will be here until things are back to normal," he said.

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Developer to design new retaining wall