Landslide in Cameron Highlands and Malaysia

Landslide are common occurrence in Cameron Highlands. Wherever there are hill-slope, high rainfall, insufficient vegetation to prevent soil erosion, landslide would occur. Although I have not faced such misfortune, I don't want to think about it whenever I go up the highlands. After all, disaster is beyond our human control and I leave it to God for our protection and safe journey.

If PWD can come up with the system to predict the probability of landslide, it could be good. Because whenever tourist going up CH, for those who worry, they called up their hotel and asked about landslide. They also email me too. Like I said, nobody knows if there was a landslide or whether a landslide would occur. So until such a predicting system was put up by PWD, just cross your fingers and pray to God that your drive up Cameron Highlands would be uneventful.

Cheers!

Predicting future landslides
By P. Aruna
Monday February 4, 2013

PETALING JAYA: Work has begun on an early warning system that can send out alerts at least two hours before a landslide occurs.

People living in landslide-prone areas will be warned via TV and radio, enabling quicker evacuation.

The Public Works Department (PWD) is in the process of creating the system, similar to the high-tech model used in landslide-prone Hong Kong.

The PWD had already conducted pilot studies at two "hot spots" Bukit Antarabangsa, Selangor and the Tapah-Cameron Highlands road.

Cameron Highlands Traffic Jams

Here's a resident of Cameron Highlands complaining about the traffic jams and road congestion of this popular Cameron Highlands resort. If it was me, I would be fuming mad at the heavy traffic whenever a peak weekend or peak holiday season attraction thousands of tourist. Since I'm just a tourist having a love for this popular Malaysia highland, taking a break from the rat race of KL only to face another traffic nightmare in the highlands is not to my liking either. I can empathized with this writer.

Uphill battle against traffic chaos
Thursday July 14, 2011

I HAVE lived in the Cameron Highlands for the past 26 years and have seen the many changes to the once serene and peaceful hill station. I can no longer agree and accept happily if someone were to describe the highlands as the ideal getaway.

Cameron Highlands Tapah route to be widen

It's about time they widen the Tapah route to Cameron Highlands. It is really narrow and winding and it is shorter distance if coming from the south like from Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Johor or Singapore. Sometimes those buses use up both lanes when they turn a corner and it is very difficult to overtake them!

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Road to Cameron Highlands to be widened
11/Dec/2009 -- The Star

IPOH: The 45km stretch of road from Tapah to Cameron Highlands will be widened to allow for smoother traffic flow.

Perak state executive council member Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said the Public Works Department would submit a proposal on the matter to the Government under the 10th Malaysia Plan.

"The present road is too narrow for the increasing number of vehicles using that stretch, especially lorries ferrying vegetables from Cameron Highlands," he said Friday.

Speaking to reporters after visiting his Chenderiang constituency in Tapah, 60km from here, Dr Mah said with the wider road, motorists could have an alternative to the Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands route.

To complement the widening of stretch, Dr Mah said the turning after the Tapah toll exit would also be widened.

"Several nasty accidents have occurred at that stretch before and the department has suggested that measures be put in place," he said. -- The Star News.

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Paving way to wider road
By Sylvia Looi 16/Dec/2009

THERE are plans to widen the 45km stretch of road from Tapah to Cameron Highlands for a smoother traffic flow.

Perak executive council member Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said the state Public Works Department (PWD) would submit a proposal on the matter to the Federal Government for the 10th Malaysia Plan.

Site of many accidents: Dr Mah (left) inspecting Jalan Chenderiang with PWD officials including Dr Safry (third left).

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"The present road is too narrow for the increasing number of vehicles using it, especially lorries ferrying vegetables from Cameron Highlands," he told reporters on Friday after visiting his Chenderiang constituency in Tapah, 60km from here.

Dr Mah said that with the wider road, motorists could have an alternative to the Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands route.

To complement the widening, Dr Mah said the turning after the Tapah toll exit would also be ex-panded.

"Several nasty accidents have occurred at that stretch before and PWD has suggested that measures be put in place," he said.

On another matter, Dr Mah said the perennial flash flood problem affecting 1,000 villagers along Jalan Pahang in Tapah would be a thing of the past when the JKR deepened and widened the drains.

"A 1.2m wide box culvert will also be put in place along Sungai Cheroh to ensure better flow of water when it rains," he said.

He added that the project was expected to cost RM300,000.

He added that villagers had been putting up with flash floods for years due to shallow drains. -- The Star News.

Traders in Brinchang has no cause for concern

No cause for concern
Thursday September 4, 2008
By Clara Chooi

TRADERS at the Brinchang market in Cameron Highlands can be rest assured that their business licences will not be revoked.

Cameron Highlands District Council secretary Mohd Pauzi Abu Hussaini said the council had never made any plans to revoke their trading licences.

“We received a letter from their lawyer telling us they are upset that their licences will be revoked and that they have nowhere to go,” he said.

He said the claims were unfoun-ded and the council had never brought up the matter.

Mohd Pauzi said he had no idea why the traders were suddenly plagued with such a wor- ry.

More than 20 traders there had alleged that the council planned to revoke their temporary trading licences once the row of shop units in front of the market was completed.

Market trader Ridhuan Lai Ab-dullah, 29, said without the licen-ces, he and other traders had now-here to go.

“We heard that once the buil-ding is ready, we have to move out. We also heard that the shop units will be rented out to other traders and we won’t have the first option to lease it,” he add- ed.

He claimed that the move was unfair as many of them had been operating there for more than 20 years.

The traders are also worried that the main road passing through Brinchang will be turned into a one-way street.

The council had changed the traffic flow for four months last year but reverted it back to its original route shortly before the general election in March.

“Now, we are worried that they may change the route again,” Ri-dhuan said.

He said that should the one-way street be re-imposed, those heading towards Brinchang from Ringlet would not even pass through the town market.

He said when the council chan-ged the traffic flow previously, their business had suffered about 40%.

Mohd Pauzi said the council had no plans to reintroduce the traffic system. -- The Star Metro.

There goes the Brinchang neighbourhood

There goes the Brinchang neighbourhood
Monday January 21, 2008

LAST month, the main road in Brinchang town in the Cameron Highlands was changed to a one-way street. So was Jalan Muhibbah, which leads to a housing area.

We, the people who live at the housing area, have lost the quietness we used to enjoy.

Jalan Muhibbah has now become a main road where every single vehicle comes through. We are now given morning calls so very early every day.

Brinchang is also losing its customers because traffic is not going through the town.

Can somebody please do something about this change which is doing nothing to improve the living condition of the people here?

Rather than making streets one-way, why not give us more street lights? Plant more flowers and improve the cleanliness.

THAMARA,
Brinchang, Pahang.