Worrying fact of the day for city folk: there are 1,740 landslide-prone slopes in Kuala Lumpur. And, these slopes have only two degrees of severity: high risk (630 slopes) and very high risk (the rest), Bernama reports.
Okaay. That’s comforting.
Mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib said statistics were derived from the Kuala Lumpur Slope Information System (KuLSIS)’s study on dangerous slopes, with the Segambut constituency topping the list with 219 ‘very high risk’ slopes and 494 ‘high risk’ ones.
“This is followed by Lembah Pantai with 315 hill slopes, Bandar Tun Razak (183), Seputeh (132), Setiawangsa (125), Bukit Bintang (90), Kepong (70), Wangsa Maju (56), Cheras (45) and Batu (11),” Ahmad Phesal was quoted as saying.
According to him, authorities are now working on eight slopes following landslide incidents. Three of them – in Taman Salak Jaya, Lorong Setiabistari (Bukit Damansara) and Jalan Tuba (Kampung Attap) – were repaired for a total of RM4.6 million.
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