He said the project would restore the river’s water flow, which was obstructed following the landslide at Jalan Kemensah Heights on Friday.

Inspections by an agency under his ministry found that the subsidence from the landslide had caused problems in the river.

“This project will be carried out after getting input from various agencies such as the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council, the Department of Geoscience Malaysia, and the Public Works Department,” he said after visiting the scene here today.

As a stop-gap measure, he said the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) had conducted restoration work along a 250m-stretch of Sungai Kemensah to reduce the risk of subsidence at the residential units in the adjacent area.

Tuan Ibrahim said his ministry would expedite the process of channelling an allocation of RM1 million to enable the DID to carry out river slope stabilisation works, including the installation of sheet piles and related earthworks.

On Friday, three bungalows and 12 townhouses involving 27 families were affected by the landslide in Jalan Kemensah Heights. No casualties were reported.