PUTRAJAYA: Putrajaya Corporation wants the public to wait for the results of the soil analysis conducted by the Public Works Institute (Ikram) on the landslide near the Precinct 9 apartments last week.
Its president Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman said this amidst speculation that water seeping from the drains near the apartments could have been the cause of the landslide.
“I don't want to comment until Ikram has come up with the report,” he said when asked to comment on a statement by Drainage and Irrigation Department director-general Datuk Keizrul Abdullah that leaking drains were to be blamed.
Asked if the corporation would request Ikram to speed up their tests and the completion of the report, Samsuddin said this was discussed during a meeting.
“But in the end, we want to give Ikram ample time to conduct all the soil analyses they need,” he added.
Part of a slope at the Taman Rimba Desa hill collapsed last Thursday, sending tonnes of earth crashing down on the Precinct 9 apartments car park.
Although there were no injuries as most of the people were in their apartments sleeping, more than 20 cars were buried.
The earth stopped short of entering the ground floor of Block B.
A total of 340 families from three apartment blocks (A, B and C) were immediately evacuated for safety reasons and later moved to the newly completed quarters in Precinct 14.
When contacted, Precinct 9 residents committee chairman Mohd Tahir Mohd said the affected families had settled in their temporary homes.
“Everything is going well. We have no complaints. Our children are fetched promptly to and back from school by Putrajaya Umno Youth members.
“We are also happy that the corporation has allowed our old provision store in the apartments to be relocated here for the time being. This makes it easier for us to buy our groceries,” he said.
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