PUTRAJAYA: The Mineral and Geoscience Department (JMG) identified a total of 31 hotspots at risk of landslides nationwide during the northeast monsoon season. The department’s director-general, Datuk Zamri Ramli, said that among the areas at risk are around the Klang Valley; Tanjung Bungah and Paya Terubong in Penang; Ipoh and Cameron Highlands in Perak; Kundasang in Sabah; and Bau in Sarawak.
As part of preparations to tackle any landslides during the northeast monsoon season, which is expected to start this month, he said JMG has implemented the monitoring of 254 critical slopes.
“A total of 104 slopes have been classified as high-level critical slopes, 97 as average critical slopes and 53 as low-level critical slopes,” he said in a statement, Bernama reported.
Based on monitoring, Zamri said mitigation action had been taken on 37 slopes, while similar action is being taken on 15 other slopes and 202 slopes are being monitored to determine the next course of action.
Zamri said JMG has also carried out mapping in seven eco-forest park locations that have the potential for the occurrence of geological disasters from debris flows.
The eco-forest parks are Lata Iskandar in Perak; Sungai Tua (Selangor); Jeram Toi (Negri Sembilan); Chamang (Pahang); as well as Lata Payung, Chemerong and Air Menderu in Terengganu.
The JMG advised those in high-risk areas to be wary of their surrounding conditions.
Members of the public can seek more information and lodge complaints with JMG via the link at https://mygems.jmg.gov.
