All new project approvals suspended until task force is formed, says Dr Zaliha

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During her visit to the site where a drain collapsed at Kampung Kerinchi in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (Aug 28), Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the government had decided that approvals for all new development projects in the capital would be suspended for the time being until a task force is formed to address overall safety of the city's sewage system.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00have you have you able to identify a single hotspot probably in the preliminary report?

00:12where? here?

00:14in KL

00:16oh in KL

00:18In KL, we will actually do what we are going to do.

00:22Dato Banda will also look at this matter in more detail.

00:27For us to do a mapping of the entire Kuala Lumpur.

00:31And we will also look at areas that may have potential

00:36for things like sinkholes or areas that may not be safe and so on.

00:42We will do that immediately.

00:44But of course, this will take a little time.

00:48To get the whole of KL.

00:51But what we give priority is in the areas that are happening.

00:55These new sinkholes in Masin Dialang.

00:57We have to give priority to that first.

00:59In the yearly report, do you have it? Do you actually have the hotspots?

01:02Not currently, I don't have any.

01:05Maybe there were before this, but I haven't got all the reports yet.

01:10Can you confirm on the DBKL letter dated on Monday?

01:14On Monday?

01:18Can you confirm, is it true from DBKL?

01:21Which one? The geotechnical report?

01:24We haven't got the full report from geotechnical side.

01:27But there's a letter from DBKL dated on Monday.

01:34This is the letter that some media have reported.

01:39But I think what my BM is saying,

01:43his office has not received the letter.

01:50No, we don't know what letter you're referring to.

01:54We don't know. We don't know what letter you're referring to.

01:57You can ask DBKL.

02:01I haven't got any.

02:04We are strengthening the SOP of development in Kuala Lumpur.

02:08And God willing, we will also take into account the geotechnical studies.

02:14Although the geotechnical studies have been done in remote areas.

02:20But God willing, in the future, we will see if there is a need for flat areas.

02:27Because of the weather, there has been too much rain.

02:34Which has caused the soil structure to become more loose and soft.

02:40Which can cause these kinds of conditions.

02:45So God willing, we will smoothen and strengthen the SOP.

02:51What about the project?

02:53We will hold for now.

02:55For now, until we have the taskforce.

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