Press Statement on the big rock fall at Venice Hill

Around 10pm 2.2.2009( Monday). Incident took place where few rocks falled down to the road from Venice Hill, Cheras, Kajang. No injury incurred and no one witnessed the fall. the great noise alerted the residents nearby and also the security guard.

At about 12.15pm, tuesday, Carmen Leong received a call from a resident of Venice Hill, report had then been made to her. without further delay, she arranged two officers from engineering department tp go to the site, the MPKJ road gang ( a truck of near to 10 workers) also followed. In less than 20minutes, Carmen Leong and the rest arrived at the site.

Unfortunately, the road gang could only carry out minor cleaning job to barricade the site and clear the mud on the road. This move was to ensure the safety of the road users. The big rock was too heavy to be removed.

After 20 minute stay at the site, the officers from engineering dept, Mdm Komala dan Mr Farizal headed back to MPKj to report this incident to the Pemangku Pengarah, Cik Fadilah. it was resorted that, contractor would be called in immediately to carry out the work to remove the rock. In the upcoming meeting, the Engineering dept will also discuss on the following action to be taken, in their level best, to prevent the hapening of the same incident.