Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Another Disaster:Bukit Antarabangsa Landslide
















Bukit Antarabangsa Landslide
"...to some people when they see beautiful green hillslope they automatically saw the RINGGIT sign on it....so get it by all means and be damnned with the consequences..."
what Lt Col (Rtd) Abdul Rahman Adam think of them

If we have learned nothing more from catastrophic events, we know that partnerships have played an important role. Disaster response and recovery are not individual efforts. They are more like a symphony than a solo performance. Relationship building before disaster strikes leads to meaningful partnerships in the throes of a massive recovery.



Three Killed, Seven Still Feared Buried In Bukit Antarabangsa Landslide.A landslide occurred at about 4am Saturday 6, December 2008 in Bukit Antarabangsa, Hulu Klang, near here and police confirmed that three people were killed in the incident which buried 14 bungalows in two housing estates.

A search and rescue operation has been mounted involving personnel from the military, Civil Defence Department, Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue (Smart) team, Fire & Rescue Unit and Ampang Jaya Municipal Council. The landslide cut off access by the main road to the residential areas at Bukit Antarabangsa, trapping hundreds of residents there.

Malaysian rescue personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department search for a potential survivor at a damaged house hit by a landslide in Kuala Lumpur. A landslide occured early morning 06 December, destroyed 14 houses and claimed four lives, prompting the Malaysian government to ban all new hillside projects.



A temporary tactical bridge has been laid across a monsoon drain to connect landslide affected Taman Bukit Mewah to Riverdale Park nearby after the main road to the former was cut off by the disaster early yesterday. The DR90 bridge which was completed today by members of the army Engineers Corps based in Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, enables residents trapped in their neighbourhood since yesterday, to move in and out of the area.

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