Condo residents worry about eroding slope

The Star 29/6/2004

AN ERODING slope near the Riana Green Condominium in Petaling Jaya has been worrying residents for the past three months. 

Riana Green Residents Association vice-president Joel Pang said the fact that it occurred outside the condo limits had exacerbated the problem. 

Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Yong Dai Ying visited the area on Thursday with representatives from the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ), residents and the condominium’s property management company officials. 

“I was notified about this in April, and had alerted the authorities about the problem, but nothing much had been done,” said Yong. 

This was her second visit to the site in two months, and the assemblyman, too, was worried about the eroding slope. 

“We have not established whose jurisdiction it falls under – MPPJ or the developer, but we have MPPJ officers here today to look at the extent of erosion,” she said. 

She added that bad drainage was possibly the cause of the erosion. 

She hoped that remedial work could be carried out as soon as possible to prevent further damage, especially since excessive water seeping into the ground could loosen the soil and affect the foundation of the condominium blocks that were barely metres away. 

Part of the drain is broken and now partly buried. 

Pang said many residents had bought the apartments and had been happy with the neighbourhood until the erosion took their peace away. 

Their condominium is one toll plaza away from the Bukit Lanjan rock fall area, where one stretch of the New Klang Valley Expressway had to be closed to traffic for almost six months. 

The residents had reason to be uneasy about the soil erosion next to their condominium since it might be an early warning for the authorities to remedy the situation quickly, said Yong.