PUTRAJAYA: Workers are still clearing earth and removing damaged and buried cars from the landslide-hit parking bay of Parcel 11, Precinct 9, civil servant quarters here.
Putrajaya OCPD Supt Abdul Razak Abdul Majid said 24 cars were removed and only three more were still reportedly trap-ped under the earth following the 4.30am incident last Thursday.
Hard at work: Workers tidying up the surroundings after a buried car was pulled out from the debris in Putrajaya yesterday. — Bernama
“But we hope to clear all the vehicles later today,” he said when met at the site at noon yesterday.
Part of a slope of the Taman Rimba Desa hill collapsed, sending tonnes of earth crashing down on the car park.
There were no injuries as most of the people were in their apartments sleeping.
The moving earth stopped short of entering the ground floor of Block B.
A total of 340 families from the three apartment blocks (A, B and C) were immediately evacuated for safety reasons.
They were later moved to newly-completedapartment quarters in Precinct 14, and will remain there for about two weeks to facilitate landslide investigations on the slope as well as clearing and slope mitigation work.
Affected resident Mahyuddin Yassin, 50, said he returned to his apartment, along with many others, yesterday to move some essential items like clothes, washing machine and gas cooker to the Precinct 14 apartment.
“I was lucky to be in my apartment on that day. I often return home in the wee hours of the morning as I am also a Rela officer,” he said.
Putrajaya Corporation and other agencies provided manpower and transport to those moving heavy items from their apartments.
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