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KUALA LUMPUR: Kebimbangan penduduk di sekitar Bukit Gasing mengenai cadangan pemilik tanah, Gasing Meridian Sdn Bhd membina 142 unit banglo di kawasan berkenaan terjawab apabila Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Ruslin Hassan, mengumumkan projek itu setakat ini belum diluluskan Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL).
Ruslin berkata, sebelum meluluskan projek pembangunan di kawasan seluas 15.2 hektar di Bukit Gasing, DBKL perlu mengambil kira pandangan semua pihak, termasuk Jawatankuasa Teknikal Perancangan dan Jawatankuasa Kawasan Sensitif Alam Sekitar Wilayah Persekutuan (JPPKSAS) yang dipengerusikan Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan.
Katanya, jawatankuasa itu membabitkan Jabatan Perancang Bandar, Jabatan Kerja Awam, Jabatan Pelan Induk dan Unit Perlindungan Alam Sekitar serta Jabatan Kesihatan DBKL, Jabatan Alam Sekitar Wilayah Persekutuan (WP), Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains Selangor dan WP, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran WP, Jabatan Tanah dan Galian, Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan, Jabatan Kerja Raya, Kumpulan Ikram, Pusat Penyelidikan Tanah Runtuh Negara (NASEC) dan Tenaga Nasional Berhad.
Beliau berkata, permohonan Gasing Meridian itu dikaji dengan teliti oleh DBKL berdasar aspek perancangan, kejuruteraan, keselamatan, pencemaran, saliran dan banjir serta kesejahteraan penduduk di kawasan berdekatan.
“Maklumat teknikal dalam proses dihantar dan dijangka semua maklumat dikumpulkan sebelum JPPKSAS membuat keputusan untuk dipertimbangkan DBKL. Keputusan permohonan itu hanya akan diketahui apabila semua maklumat teknikal mendapat pertimbangan JPPKSAS,” katanya pada sidang media di sini, semalam.
Katanya, projek di utara Taman Gasing Indah dalam kawasan Kuala Lumpur yang bersempadan dengan Petaling Jaya itu kini hanya di peringkat kerja ujian tanah di kawasan kecil yang tidak memerlukan kebenaran DBKL.
“Tapak yang dirujuk itu diluluskan pelan susun aturnya oleh Jabatan Perancangan Bandar dan Desa Selangor pada awal 1970-an untuk membina 71 lot banglo dan surat hak milik tanah berasingan juga dikeluarkan Pejabat Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan pada 1977.
“Pada 1996 pemilik tanah berkenaan mengemukakan permohonan untuk mendapat kebenaran kerja tanah dan membina jalan raya bagi membina rumah mengikut geran hak milik tanah yang dikeluarkan itu,” katanya.
Bungalow Development At Bukit Gasing Yet To Get DBKL’s Nod
November 23, 2006 19:11 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) — The plan to develop 142 bungalow lots on a 15.2-hectare site in Bukit Gasing here, causing public uproar, has yet to be approved by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).
Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ruslin Hasan said a decision on the application for the development would only be made after DBKL’s Sensitive Areas Environment Committee had considered all the technical information at hand.
He said the committee was in the midst of arranging a meeting on the matter that would be chaired by the secretary-general of the Federal Territories Ministry.
“The feedback received will then be presented to me so that a decision can be made based on existing guidelines,” he told reporters here Thursday.
He said the technical information needed was in the process of being gathered and the whole exercise was expected to be completed in a month.
Ruslin said that development work by Gasing Meridian Sdn Bhd in Taman Gasing Indah, which borders Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, only involved soil tests.
“The work done covers only a small area and as such does not need any approval,” he added.
The mayor said the application would be rejected if studies showed that the area had no granite but only stony and sandy soil and shale, which would make piling work difficult.
He added that DBKL was concerned about development in hilly areas and on slopes as it was against government policy and to avoid tragedies.
The design plan for the development of the 142 bungalow lots was approved by the Selangor Urban and Rural Development Department in the early 1970’s. The initial plan was for the building of 71 lots of bungalows of 25,000 sq ft in size each.
“However, on May 25, 2005, the land owner presented a new design plan to increase the number of lots from 71 to 142,” Ruslin said. (Bernama)
Mayor: No project approved for Gasing
The Star, November 24, 2006
By BAVANI M.(bavanim@thetar.com.my)
KUALA LUMPUR City Hall has confirmed that they have not approved any development order to develop a privately owned land by Tetuan Gasing Meridian Sdn Bhd (previously known as Sanctuary Gasing).
Datuk Bandar Ruslin Hasan clarified that no decision had been made about the land though he confirmed that City Hall had received an application for development from the developer in 1996.
“We have looked into the safety, geotechnical and environmental details as well as sought the people’s views and we told the developer that we will only approve if certain guidelines were followed including implementing a phase-by-phase development.
“But they (the developer) did not agree and had submitted an appeal which was rejected,” Ruslin said.
According to Ruslin such applications would have to go through a lengthy process under the scrutiny of a technical sub-committee.
Requirements include providing a space for recreation, ensuring that there’s more than one road leading into and out of the neighbourhood; and adhering to other environmental factors.
“With the findings of the sub-committee, City Hall and the Federal Territories Ministry will then confer with the FT Committee for Sensitive Environment or JPPKSAS (Jawatankuasa Kawasan Sensitif Alam Sekitar Wilayah Persekutuan) whose members comprise City Hall, Department of Environment, the Drainage and Irrigation Department, the Land Office, Public Works Institute of Malaysia (Ikram) and other relevant organisations.
“Only when all the findings are reported will the committee look into the feasibility of developing the land,” he said, adding that a meeting would most likely be held in mid December.
Ruslin said soil testing on the land was required to ensure that the area would be able to withstand development.
“We need to test the soil to look at the structure of the land before any decision is made,” he said.
“The developer has the right to apply to develop the land but at the end of the day we will look into every aspect and make a decision,” he added when commenting on the protest staged by residents in Bukit Gasing regarding slope tests carried out by the developer on the land.
Residents were angry that a portion of the hill slope was cleared and that the landowner had covered up the clearing with patches of grass and newly planted banana trees.
The Joint Action Committee for Bukit Gasing wanted more information about the land, the applications and the status of application.
Its chairman Derek Fernandez had said that such information should be made available to the public. (End)
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