SHAH ALAM: The physical work to repair damaged slopes and the road on the Batang Kali-Genting Highlands route will start at the end of August and is expected to be completed in March next year.
State infrastructure and public amenities, agriculture modernisation and agro-based industry committee chairman Izham Hashim said the Selangor government had allocated RM19mil for the process of repairing the slopes and road.
“After the incident (landslide tragedy), we continued to study and propose solutions for the collapsed slopes.
“This project was approved in May 2023 and we have appointed (contractors) and it is expected to be completed in March 2024.
“The repair work uses the design and built method. The contractor is in the final phase to finalise the design of the TerraLink wall system.
“The physical repair work is expected to start at the end of next month,” he said in an interview with Bernama here.
Commenting on a statement issued by Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi that his ministry was still waiting for comments from the Selangor government, Izham said at the state level, his side was waiting for the report by the landslide investigation committee headed by the Public Works Department (JKR) headquarters’ slope engineering branch.
“The report, on the causes of the incident and the proposed actions that need to be implemented, is now in the final draft,” he added.
Izham said that currently only one lane was open and it was limited to workers in the Genting Highlands area.
The 2.30am tragedy on Dec 16, 2022, involved 92 victims, where 61 of them survived while another 31 were killed, after a landslide buried the Father’s Organic Farm camping area in Batang Kali.
The heartbreaking incident claimed the lives of 18 adults and 13 children.
