The works ministry (KKR) has introduced that the Jalan Batang Kali-Genting Highlands route can be closed to facilitate slope and street restore works, that are anticipated to take one yr earlier than it’s reopened to the general public. Final Friday, a lethal landslide hit a campsite at Father’s Natural Farm in Batang Kali close to Genting Highlands, with 24 deaths reported as of Saturday (December 17).
Datuk Wan Ahmad Uzir Wan Sulaiman, who’s the KKR secretary-general, suggested motorists to make use of various routes prompt by the general public works division (JKR) in the course of the interval, studies Berita Harian.
He added that the ministry would conduct an in-depth research on the web site of the tragedy relating to the development of the slope after search and rescue operations are over. “Though the street is OK, we dare not open it till a brand new slope is made which can take a few yr,” mentioned Wan Ahmad Uzir.
He defined that roadworks was not the reason for the landslide however reasonably the circulate of underground water. “It is usually not attributable to unlawful irrigation from the campsite, however the motion of water that we can’t see with the bare eye,” he mentioned.
Jalan Batang Kali-Genting Highlands is a well-liked touge route that takes drivers previous the Kedondong Waterfall in the direction of Gohtong Jaya, however with the closure, it seems just like the kaki touge can be unable to make use of it for fairly some time.
On a associated observe, KKR has recognized 1,045 slopes alongside federal roads within the peninsula which are categorised as being at a excessive danger of collapsing. “No growth is allowed in these high-risk areas. We have already got tips permitted by means of the Nationwide Council for Native Authorities that the authorities should comply with. By these tips, we additionally put standards that growth is now allowed in purple areas,” he mentioned.
