Welfare Home's Retaining Wall Damaged Due To Mud Slide After Heavy Rain

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November 27, 2012 01:36 AM

Welfare Home's Retaining Wall Damaged Due To Mud Slide After Heavy Rain

HULU LANGAT, Nov 27 (Bernama) -- Inmates at the Rumah Kebajikan Pertubuhan Kebajikan Darul Islah Malaysia (Perkid) panicked when a mud slide damaged the retaining wall of the welfare home during a heavy rain at 3.30pm Monday.

Perkid President Masridzi Sat said his wife informed him that during the incident at the women's hostel, four inmates were in the kitchen when they heard a loud noise.

"Upon going out to investigate the reason for the loud noise, they found the wall had tilted and cracked while the kitchen was flooded by mud," he told reporters when met here.

The cracks that appeared on the wall could be due to construction work carried out along the monsoon drain nearby, he said.

"The contractor carrying out construction work had placed the raw material near the welfare home's wall. During heavy rain, the wall could not withstand the heavy load, causing cracks on the wall," he said.

Meanwhile, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Mohd Sani Harul said the mud slide and cracked wall did not affect the structure of the building.

-- BERNAMA

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Welfare Home's Retaining Wall Damaged Due To Mud Slide After Heavy Rain