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LandslidenearschoolNO CASUALTY: Heavy rain dislodged soil from the hill slope unto the school fieldUprootedtrees,soil atBukitGasingclearedNOR AIN MOHAMED RADHIPUCHONGstreets@nstp.com.myA DOWNPOUR trig-gereda landslideatahill slope near SKPusat Bandar Puchong (2)fieldlastFriday.The landslide occurredabout7.10pmatthehill slopewhichis situatedabout200metres from the school'sbuilding.Subang Jaya councillorChangKim Loongwho vis-ited the schoolon Saturdaysaid a security guard hadhearda loudnoisefromthehill slope."Whenhe went to check,he foundthe earthhadsliddown to the school field.Sometreeswerealsouproot-ed."Thesoilhadalsocoveredthemonsoondrainlocatedinbetweentheschoolfieldandthehill slope."Thankfully,noonewasin-juredandtherewasnodam-ageto theproperty,"hesaid,addingthattheguardquicklyalertedateacher.Changsaidtheschooltheninformed the police aboutthematterandtheareawassealedoff.At present,the schoolhasabout900students.Meanwhile,SubangJayaMunicipalCouncilpublicre-lations senior assistantdi-rector Asfarizal AbdulRashid said the hill slope,which waspartof the AyerHitam Forest Reservewasunder the jurisdiction ofUniversiti Putra Malaysia(UPM) andtheForestryDe-partment.He said an official letterwould be sentto UPM andthe ForestryDepartmentoinformthemaboutthemat-ter. Authoritieshavesealedoff theschoolfield ofSKPusatBandarPuchong(2).PETAUNG JAYA: ThePetalingJayaCityCoun-cil (MBPJ) hasclearedthe uprootedtreesandearthwhichhadpartiallyblockedJalan5/60oppositetheFaberTowersApartmentComplexfollowinglastFriday'slandslideinBukitGasing.Thelandslideisthelatestatthehill slopewhichhadseenseveralsimilarincidentsinthe past.Residentsin the areaandcoun-cillorDerekFernandezhadexpressedcon-cernoverthelatestincidentwhichoccurredafteradownpour.Thelandslidebroughtdownsoilandup-rootedtreesbelowtheSivanTemple,leav-inganexposedareaasbigasafootballfield.MBPJ publicrelationsofficerZainunZa-kariasaidthecouncilhadsentitscontractortoremovetheuprootedtreesandmoundsofsoilonSaturdaymorning.Shesaidthecouncil'sengineeringdepart-mentwouldalsobeplacingtarpaulinsheetsas a temporarymeasureto avoidfurtherslopeerosionatthesite."Thetarpaulinsheetswill beplacedim-mediatelyto preventfurther landslides,"she said.The managementof the SivanTemplecouldnotbereachedforcomment.By Halim Said

Landslide near school

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