In Wangsa Maju, fight against development in landslide-prone Bukit Dinding casts spotlight on DBKL again

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — Setiawangsa and Wangsa Maju residents are opposing a planned development along the foothill of Bukit Dinding, in a fight that has again cast the spotlight on the Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s vetting process.

“You recall Highland Towers? At that point, we all realised slope development is dangerous,” said a resident. Bukit Dinding was originally a plantation. Its owners later diversified into real estate development following a common business practice among large plantation companies to convert plantation land into housing and towns.

According to the Draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan, large parts of Bukit Dinding have been designated for conservation, but the foothills have been zoned for ‘housing’ even as early as the 80s. — Picture from Facebook/Friends of Bukit Dindingphotos and video clips of what appeared to be soil erosion and flash floods that have happened around the area in the last few months.

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