Km302 Of North-South Highway Closed After Landslide

[satish]

From BERNANA
October 11, 2004 21:17 PM

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Km302 Of North-South Highway Closed After Landslide


IPOH, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- The North-South Highway at Km302 near Gua Tempurung had to be closed following a landslide on the highway at 7.35pm Monday night.

Kampar OCPD Supt Mohd Fauzi Arshad said that following the landslide, motorists on both lanes of the highway heading north and south had been diverted to the federal road at Tapah for those going north and Gopeng for those heading south.

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He said there was a possibility that there were vehicles trapped in the landslide and police personnel were carrying out a search and rescue operations for possible victims.

Meanwhile Works Minister Datuk Seri Samy Vellu said Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) personnel were making preparations to clear the debris.

He said clearing works could not be carried out immediately due to heavy rain.

However, he said, there had not been any report of vehicles being trapped under the debris so far.

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This is the second time that a landslide had occurred on Km 302 of the North-South Highway with the first incident in January 1996 about 10 kilometres away from the present site.

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Another case of "Divine Intervention"?
or a case of the slopes not being inspected regularly?

Now human lives are involved. Hope all can be rescued in time.

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[orchipalar]

Err...Satish ....heard this over the news briefly...first thing that came to Orchi freaking mind...is the possibility of innocents victims being trapped in the debris....secondly...the same semi valued is gonna make more idiotic remarks for his own incompetence n forkups(Orchi offers no regrets...came out from a good background n class of ancestors...but forked-up along the way)....

He should be amongst the first to arrive upon hearing the news...to see for himself what sorts of pains..agony n trouble caused to helpless parties...which he might still be blaming the divine Lord for any intervention...

[satish]

He should be amongst the first to arrive upon hearing the news...to see for himself what sorts of pains..agony n trouble caused to helpless parties...which he might still be blaming the divine Lord for any intervention...

U noticed that the news itself carries 2 versions of people being under the mud?

[tan_r]

October 11, 2004 21:17 PM
Km302 Of North-South Highway Closed After Landslide

IPOH, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- The North-South Highway at Km302 near Gua Tempurung had to be closed following a landslide on the highway at 7.35pm Monday night.

Kampar OCPD Supt Mohd Fauzi Arshad said that following the landslide, motorists on both lanes of the highway heading north and south had been diverted to the federal road at Tapah for those going north and Gopeng for those heading south.

He said all police personnel, firemen and Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) staff in Kampar and the surrounding districts had been deployed to the site to carry out clearing and repair works.



"Works to clear obstacles on the road were ongoing to assist motorists who were being blocked by the landslide," he said when contacted Monday.

He said there was a possibility that there were vehicles trapped in the landslide and police personnel were carrying out a search and rescue operations for possible victims.

Meanwhile Works Minister Datuk Seri Samy Vellu said Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) personnel were making preparations to clear the debris.

He said clearing works could not be carried out immediately due to heavy rain.

However, he said, there had not been any report of vehicles being trapped under the debris so far.

He also called on road users to adhere to instructions issued by PLUS and to be wary throughout the highway.

He also urged them to use the federal road between Tapah and Gopeng while waiting for the highway to be reopened for traffic.

Later, Supt Mohd Fauzi said that a motorcyclist was trapped under the debris and suffered leg injury.

The victim was rushed to Hospital Kampar for medical treatment, he said.

Fauzi said the 18-year-old victim was found under the debris at about 8.30pm by a search and rescue team comprising personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department, PLUS, police and RELA.

He said: "There's a possibility that two other vehicles are trapped under the debris and we are endeavouring to rescue them".

The two vehicles believed to have been trapped under the debris while travelling from north to south, he said.

Meanwhile, a witness, K. Mohan, 27, a workshop employee, said he saw a tree fall while travelling southward on the highway.

The falling tree hit a car, which was travelling, on the highway and he helped to push the car to the roadside before hearing a loud sound and when he turned around, he saw that the hill slope beside the highway had suddenly collapsed.

This is the second time that a landslide had occurred on Km 302 of the North-South Highway with the first incident in January 1996 about 10 kilometres away from the present site.

In that incident, a lorry attendant was killed while the driver suffered injuries after being hit by the landslide.

-- BERNAMA

Admin note
I have merged two threads - one was started by Satish and then Raymond put up another thread on the same topic, probably unaware of the earlier thread.

[orchipalar]

Err...in similar ways the authorities are going to handle this as compared to the recent rock slide in Bukit Lanjan(NKVE)?....plenty of folks planning to balik kampung or vacationing over Deepavali n Raya Puasa holidays...up North...would have to opt for alternative routes or transport mode....ahem...err....Orchi expects PC would be thinking about taking a boat ride...as rail n flight tickets are fully booked

[orchipalar]

The Star:

Tuesday October 12, 2004
Motorcyclist pulled out of rubble, Gua Tempurung stretch closed

IPOH: A major landslide has closed the North-South Expressway at 302km near Gua Tempurung during heavy rains yesterday.

Tonnes of earth, boulders and trees came crashing down the hill slope burying at least six vehicles in metre-high rubble at a spot some 500m from where a landslide occurred on Jan 6, 1996.

A motorcyclist, who suffered a broken leg, was the only casualty in the 7.30pm incident as all the drivers and passengers managed to get out of their vehicles in the nick of time.


SURVIVOR: Mohd Nasri, from Teriang, Pahang, at Ipoh Hospital. He was rescued from the landslide.
Mohd Nasri Mohd Mazlan, 18, was found buried up to his waist by firemen who responded to the emergency call.

He told police that he saw the earth, boulders and trees falling from the slope and jumped off his machine in a bid to get away.

Mohd Nasri, who was travelling south, even managed to get to the other side of the highway but was overtaken and buried by the rubble.

Other motorists, who escaped uninjured, tried but failed to extricate Mohd Nasri.

Mohd Nasri, from Triang Pahang, was sent to the Ipoh Hospital. Rescue and clearing works were called off at 11.30pm for fear of more landslides, as the rain had not abated.

The vehicles recovered from the debris were Nasri's motorcycle, a lorry, two multi-purpose vehicles and two four-wheel-drives.

About 100 rescue workers from the fire department, police, Rela, PLUS and a team from the Ipoh Hospital’s emergency unit were at hand to help out in the rescue work.

The landslide that covered both lanes of the expressway caused the stretch from Tapah to Gopeng to be closed to traffic for at least a week. The incident caused a massive traffic snarl. Some motorists said they were caught in the traffic jam for over two hours.

Motorists heading north and south were diverted to the federal road at Tapah for those going north and Gopeng for those heading south.

PLUS in a statement described the incident as a mudslide and that it left a trail of debris of 75m in length and about 1m in depth on the southbound lanes of the highway.

“Further monitoring is being carried out to ascertain that no more soil movement in the surrounding areas,” the highway company said.

S. Ramesh, 34, who was heading for Kuala Lumpur with two friends after giving a lecture in Penang, was among those in a convoy of cars.

One of his friends, known only as Prof Menno, was a lecturer from Liden University in Holland while the other was 39-year-old T. Kumar.

They were scheduled to give another lecture in Kuala Lumpur today.

Ramesh said he first saw an uprooted tree crashing down on to the road.

“When I was trying to avoid the tree, mud, boulders and other debris came rushing down and pushed our car towards the divider.

“We panicked. Luckily the doors on the right side were not jammed. We opened the doors, jumped over the railings and ran,” he said, adding that all their belongings in the car were damaged.

Businessman Chan Choong Park, 65, who was driving a lorry to Tanjung Malim, said he saw three cars in front of him slowing down.

“I then stopped my lorry. That’s when I saw trees crashing down the slope. I tried to open the door but it got stuck, so I escaped through the window.

“There was a loud noise and just as I got out, boulders and mud came crashing onto my lorry. I was lucky to escape,” he said.

Chan said he could see that the landslide affected a stretch up to 100m long and covered both lanes of the southbound highway and one lane on the northbound side.

Motorist M. Mohan, 27, said he and other motorists abandoned their vehicles and ran for their lives.

“I saw a motorcyclist trapped in the rubble and was shouting for help but I it was not possible for me to pull him out,” he said, adding that the motorcyclist was later rescued by firemen.

“There was a small lorry, two multi-purpose vehicles and two four-wheel drives in front of me when the earth from the hill came crashing down,” he said.

[Jaygee]

The Lord ( The Genuine Article i.e.the Real McKoy ) is trying to convey something to Semi Valu. Landslides, cracks in flyovers, sloppy roadworks, ........take the hint, Semi(nal) Valu .....

Reason for landslide >>>>> again "soft spongy ground below ".

His Valus ( in Tamil means "Tails" or "kunjuus" ) will now promise us that they will " Stabilise the slopes ", readjust the gradients, realign the earth's plates (whatever that means), re-plant the hair on his head, polish the slopes of his forehead, ........ all to ( yes you guessed it ) no avail.

In 1996, Semi's "valus" did not study the entire PLUS highway for potential
landslip points ............ They did not look just 10 kilometers away. Double amazing !!!!

Dear Pak Lah, Semi Valu is an insult to your intelligence ..... pls do the needful. Pld sack the sucker. Give me a reason to continue to vote Barisan.


Admin note
You have this in your signature - "Temper, Anger with Wisdom"
I don't see much wisdom in yr post. I think this is one post with the most derogatory adjectives. Are you trying to get the old man to shut us down? Please do not poo-poo on your own front yard. I'll like to hang a yellow card on you if you persist.

[Jaygee]

Dear Pak Lah
Dont worry about Indian votes !!
They will vote Barisan ( MIC-lah ) even if Lord's monkey were to take Semi Valu's place.
Lord ( the earth bound one ) forgive me for insult to your monkey.