254 critical slopes identified

Work in progressContractors reinforcing a slope by the side of a highway in Ampang that was damaged in a landslide. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Some 254 locations nationwide have been identified as critical slopes at risk of landslides, says the Mineral and Geoscience Department.

Its director-general Datuk Zamri Ramli said 104 sites were classified as high risk, 97 as medium risk and 53 as low risk.