Bukit Antarabangsa residents initiating early alert for landslide

SlopeWatch chairman Abdul Razak Bahrom (right) and programme director Eriko Motoyama showing a 3D topographical map of Bukit Antarabangsa. With the map, they can plot out incidents of landslides which could come in handy when identifying landslide hotspots.

EARLY warning is crucial when it comes to avoiding or reducing the impact of a disaster, especially ones as destructive as landslides that involve fatalities and damage to property.

The high cost of instrumentation and monitoring techniques as well as lack of manpower makes monitoring of hill slopes difficult.