00:00Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
00:02I would like to ask the Minister of Employment to state what is the plan to help to mitigate the sinkhole incident,
00:11sinkholes in high-risk areas, especially in Kelang.
00:16Honourable Minister of Employment.
00:18Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Honourable Kelang.
00:25Honourable Minister of Employment,
00:27for your information,
00:29the sinkhole incident occurs in areas that are surrounded by limestone,
00:38whereas the landslide incident can occur in any area
00:44and it can arise from various factors,
00:48whether it is natural or man-made or anthropogenic.
00:54In general, the geological factors in Kelang
00:58are formed from the formation of limestone,
01:02which is a marine sediment of the size of a quaternary,
01:06formed from limestone or marine clay,
01:10which needs to be given special attention in their geotechnical form.
01:15However, the risk of a sinkhole or sinkhole does not occur in Kelang
01:21since this area is not surrounded by limestone.
01:26Therefore, the potential for a landslide incident in Kelang
01:31is caused by factors that are not natural,
01:35such as the leakage of pipe utilities,
01:37the problem of the sewage system,
01:39failure of land structures,
01:42or impingement,
01:44which is localized, etc.
01:48The Ministry of Employment is responsible
01:51for monitoring the roadways in the entire country,
01:55including the Pestiluan 5 route,
01:57which is located in the area of Kelang Parliament.
02:00To prevent a landslide incident
02:03caused by the leakage of pipe utilities,
02:06the KKR has a guideline for the installation of utility roads in Pestiluan,
02:12where the installation of utility roads in the Pestiluan road reserve
02:16must comply with the technical guidelines and requirements
02:21set by the KKR.
02:23Monitoring and monitoring are also carried out by the concession companies
02:29appointed by the KKR to ensure the road is in good condition,
02:34including the sewage system.
02:36The standard operating procedure, SOP,
02:39includes reporting the damage of the sewage system
02:42and subsequent repairs.
02:45At the same time,
02:46the KKR will also cooperate with utility companies
02:52to ensure that the road condition
02:56of the Pestiluan road reserved by the KKR
02:59is comfortable and safe to be used by road users.
03:04So, for new infrastructure development projects,
03:08it is the KKR's practice
03:11to carry out land survey work
03:14to ensure the structure of the layers
03:18and land parameters
03:20as input in the form of work.
03:23So, there are geotechnical works
03:26and engineering works
03:28to avoid landslides after the project is completed.
03:32That's all. Thank you.
03:56On July 20, 2020, the Pestiluan Road in Kelang-Banteng was hit by a landslide
04:02due to the construction of an unauthorized LRT
04:05and was planned in a restricted manner.
04:07So, what action has been taken
04:10against the officers or consultants
04:13from government agencies
04:17and also to the developers
04:19who failed to cover up the sewage hole incident
04:23through early inspection and planning?
04:26Because we feel relieved
04:29because there was no death
04:31but there was a car damage.
04:33There were many cars that sank there.
04:36In that regard,
04:40there are also those who ask
04:43whether the Ministry of Public Works
04:45intends to conduct a geological survey
04:48in the area of Lembah Kelang
04:50to determine the risk level of the sewage hole incident
04:54in order to give an early warning
04:57to the local authorities and the public.
05:01The Honourable Minister would like to answer.
05:05Yes, Mr. Chairman.
05:09The sewage hole incident
05:12as it should be
05:14can be covered up through
05:17early inspection and planning.
05:20For your information,
05:22the transit development project
05:25for Line 3 or LRT
05:28is a project under the Urban Rail Development Plan
05:32or URDP
05:34and the Land Public Transport Agency
05:36or APAD,
05:37which is a subsidiary of the Indok Public Transport Plan
05:40for the Kuala Lumpur-Lembah Kelang Railway
05:42which covers 37 km of LRT 3
05:45connecting from Bandar Utama to Johan Setia
05:48where the incident took place.
05:50So,
05:53the LRT 3 route in Kelang Bating
05:56involves the JKR Railway
05:59as an agency to operate the route.
06:03In any case,
06:06the route has been handed over
06:10to the LRT 3
06:13from the JKR concession
06:16starting from June 2018
06:18including the repair and maintenance works.
06:23So, in general,
06:25for the construction of the LRT 3,
06:27the JKR has required
06:30the LRT 3 to comply with the guidelines
06:33to process the roadside development
06:37of the ATJ 32011
06:42which involves land works
06:45and requires road safety audits
06:49to be carried out
06:50as well as an executive report
06:52on the routine maintenance of the road
06:54must be handed over to the JKR monthly.
06:57So,
06:58therefore,
06:59compliance with the development requirements
07:02that have been given
07:05must be carried out
07:08and if the developer fails,
07:10a stoppage order can be issued.
07:13So, as I have mentioned in the main answer,
07:19the incident that took place on July 20, 2020
07:24at the LRT 3 project section GS60
07:27at the FT05 junction
07:29near Simpang,
07:31Johan Setia Road
07:33was a landslide incident
07:35and not a sinkhole.
07:37I emphasize, not a sinkhole
07:39because the area around the sinkhole
07:41was not fenced by stone,
07:43on the contrary, it was marine clay.
07:46So, the JKR has issued a stoppage order
07:51to the LRT on July 20, 2020
07:56and directed the LRT 3
07:59to implement a traffic management plan,
08:02TMP,
08:03road closure and diversion
08:06to ensure the safety of road users at that time.
08:09So, the LRT 3
08:12has made improvements
08:14and the road has been completely cleared
08:16on August 30, 2020.
08:19So,
08:20to avoid repeated incidents,
08:22Mr. Chairman,
08:24the LRT has suspended the use of the BorPAL machine
08:28to the reverse circulation drilling machine,
08:33RCD,
08:34to reduce the burden on the land
08:37and to make the management
08:40thorough through the daily report.
08:43So,
08:44there are some of the answers just now.
08:49Mr. Chairman,
08:50the arrangement of the sinkhole incident
08:53or it is not a sinkhole,
08:56as I explained earlier,
08:58the LRT has issued an investigation report
09:01and
09:02found that the incident occurred
09:05due to a failure of the land structure in the affected area.
09:08The LRT 3
09:10has proposed
09:12improvements to the time difference mechanism
09:15and JKL Selangor
09:16has monitored
09:17repeatedly the actions of the LRT 3.
09:21So, there is no investigation
09:23on any employees
09:26considering the issue of the sinkhole incident
09:30due to the failure of the land structure in the affected area.
09:34And going forward,
09:36JKL will work with other parties
09:42that have responded to the MQT 1
09:50regarding the sinkhole incident
09:52in our country.
09:54We will work with other parties
09:59on how we can plan
10:02and make improvements
10:04to the basic procedures
10:07and strategies
10:08to avoid
10:10the occurrence of such incidents.
10:15At least,
10:16we can try to avoid it.
10:21Maybe we don't have the power
10:23to ensure that it doesn't happen.
10:28But at least,
10:30we can monitor the situation
10:33of the land first.
10:35That's all. Thank you.
