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EXPERT: TELL-TALE SIGNS OF LANDSLIDE SEEN

Expert: Tell-tale signs of landslide seen

KOTA KINABALU May 14, 2012: All signs were there to indicate the landslide that took place at Kg Kiau Taburi at the foothills of Mount Kinabalu was inevitable.

While an elderly couple was rescued from their house that was swept away in the landslide, about 1,500 residents of the village in the Kota Belud district, about 70km from here, were also cut off after the main road access caved in following Wednesday’s landslide.

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) research and innovation department director Dr Felix Tongkul said a geological mapping study carried out by UMS had found the area to be unstable.

He said UMS nature disaster research unit had inspected sites at the village just over a month before the landslide occurred and established signs of earth movement around the area.

“There were cracks on some of the roads that indicated the earth was unstable while there was also damage to the drainage system and electrical poles,” Dr Tongkul said.

He said the geological mapping study by his team showed that the area around Mount Kinabalu was highly unstable and prone to landslides.

“This is not only due to the unstable condition of the hill slopes and groundwater due to annual rainwater but also erosion of the rocks in the area which are made up of sandstone and mudstone,” Dr Tongkul said.

A day after the landslide, a team of researchers was sent to Kg Kiau Taburi to learn what triggered the incident, he added.

The state Public Works Depart-ment had to build a 4km alternative road to enable motorists to reach the village which was totally cut off after the landslide caused a 200m cave-in at the main road access.

By DURIE RAINER FONG

26 ulasan:

  1. Kg Kiau Taburi requires proper landscape development.

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  2. Provisions of basic amenities should be made available of the casualties.

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    1. Enough to sustain the residents till further development is done.

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  3. Government needs to build an alternative routine for those residing there.

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  4. I hope they will do something other than researching for its cause.

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    1. Not only in this kampung but also area that prone to the same cases like in Kundasang,Ranau..

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    2. harap mereka yang terjejas akan diberikan bantuan yang sewajarnya.

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  5. Kawasan ni memang tidak sesuai untuk dijadikan tapak perumahan. harap penduduk akan mendapatkan kawasan yang lebih stabil dan selamat untuk membina rumah.

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    1. harap selepas ini penduduk tidak akan membuat rumah lagi di sana.

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  6. Pairin mengeluarkan kenyataan untuk menyeru rakyat supaya jangan membina rumah di kawasan yang sering berlakunya tanah runtuh untuk keselamatan diri.

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    1. binalah rumah di kawasan yang rata, kawasan lereng bukit tidak selamat.

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    2. Cari kawasan yang sesuai untuk buat rumah.

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  7. Kawasan di Kota Belud, Kundasang dan Ranau tidak sesuai dijadikan tapak membina kediaman, kerajaan sudah memberi amaran oleh itu, rakyat perlulah mengelakkan daripada membuat rumah di situ.

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    1. utamakan keselamatan terlebih dahulu.

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    2. penduduk jangalah membuat rumah di kawasan-kawasan yang tidak selamat.

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    3. Ya, kerajaan memang sudah memberikan amaran kepada rakyat tempatan untuk mengelak daripada membina rumah di kawasan-kawasan tersebut. Diharapkan rakyat akan mendengar nasihat kerajaan.

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  8. What we know that govt already give the alternative way to using by the villager. So the alternative way will be renewable with the allocation have been given.

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    1. ya, jalan alternatif dibuat untuk kegunaan penduduk di sana.

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    2. Jalan raya alternatif akan disiapkan tidak lama lagi untuk memudahkan penduduk kampung sebelum jalan utama dapat dibaiki.

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  9. sebaiknya petempatan dibina dikawasan yang benar-benar selamat dan tidak berisiko.

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  10. harap keadaan seperti ini akan dapat dielakkan pada masa akan datang.

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  11. Janganlah membina rumah di tempat yang sering berlaku tanah runtuh demi keselamatan diri dan keluarga.

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  12. kaji dulu kawasan itu sebelum melakukan pembinaan.

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  13. Sebelum itu dpatkan dlu kebenaran dan keadaan tanah.

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  14. ada banyak perumahan di negeri yang yang dibina di lereng2 bukit.. baik jalankan kaji selidik untuk semua kawasan perumahan yang terletak di lereng2 atau kaki bukit samada kawasan itu selamat atau sebaliknya..

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  15. bodoh bah kamu semua.. disana memang 100% kawasan bukit/tanah tinggi. dimana lagi kamu mau suruh buat rumah??

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