He said the manpower will mainly comprise Ampang Jaya police personnel and assisted by Armed Forces personnel. We started the operation at 12am on Wednesday (Jan 13), the moment the MCO came into effect. We have various teams including four teams that will monitor compliance to standard operating procedure (SOP) and teams manning the roadblocks in the district, he told reporters at the scene early Wednesday morning.
Roadblocks will be set up at three locations in Ampang Jaya - at Jalan Hadapan Desa 288, Jalan Pandan Indah - Cheras and along the MRR2 near Klang Gates, he added. We will increase the number of roadblocks if the need arises.
The landslide behind the houses along Jalan Kelab Ukay 4 was triggered by heavy rain.
THIS year has seen Ampang residents dealing with their fair share of issues on top of the Covid-19 pandemic.
One problem was a case of tug of war between residents and the authorities on the overdevelopment of projects in the mature Ampang municipality.
While many realised that development could not be stopped, at the very least they kept the authorities and developers on their toes.
Two such cases involved high-rise residential and commercial projects, in what stakeholders and residents deemed to be risky areas.
Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) has approved the construction of several blocks of high-rise towers comprising office suites and a multilevel carpark in Bukit Antarabangsa near the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2).
Upset over proposal: Fazil (centre) and residents association representatives at the site of the proposed development. LOW LAY PHON/The Star
A PROPOSED development on a hillslope in Ampang Jaya, Selangor has residents in the immediate surrounding areas worried.
Those staying at Kemensah Villa, Desa Ku 2, Kemensah Residency, Kemensah Mewah and Pesona Villa fear for their safety if the proposed project is given the green light.Kemensah Residents Committee (KRC) chairman Mohd Fazil Abdullah said the project should not be approved as they doubted the stability of the slope.
Fazil, who has lived in the area for over 20 years, said the land was originally earmarked for development 10 years ago.
Residents of Bukit Antarabangsa say they have been protesting against the high-rise development since 2016 but have not been informed on the project’s status.
A RESIDENTS task force in Ampang, Selangor, is urging the local authorities to reveal reasons for approving a development project in an environmentally-sensitive area in Bukit Antarabangsa.
The Bukit Antarabangsa Task Force (BATF) – a coalition of 30 residents’ associations joint management bodies and management committees – said the area was too high risk for such a commercial project.
It is learnt that approval was given by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) for
the construction of several blocks of high-rise towers comprising office suites and a multi-level carpark at the junction of Jalan Wangsa 1 and Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2).