After issuing fines to the landowners who were carrying out illegal land clearing and filling work at both sites, the owners were also directed to level the earth and build earth traps and drains, returf bare slopes and clean up drains filled with earth from the site.

If they failed to do so within two weeks, City Hall would carry out the job and bill them for the costs. The council also assured the residents that it would repair and remedy the damage caused to the infrastructure beyond the sites within a week.

But no proper remedial work has been carried out at the sites so far. It was earlier reported that City Hall director-general Salleh Yusop had fined the owners RM50,000 and ordered them to stop work and start remedial work immediately.

However, when Star Metro visited the sites recently after getting a tip off from the residents of Seri Duta 1 condominium in Jalan Gallagher it was discovered that some of the plastic sheets placed on the slopes of the land to prevent erosion have been blown off by the wind and erosion has started along the slopes.

A concerned resident, who is a geotechnical and environmental engineer, said some of the  plastic sheets had been blown away by strong winds and has exposed the slopes to erosion.

"I am concerned about the safety of Seri Duta 1's security guards. The Seri Duta 1 guardhouse is facing one of the sites," he said, adding he was appalled by the attitude of the contractors, engineers and authorities.

"People are talking about the trees being cut and the damage to the environment, but shouldn't safety be our priority here?" asked the resident.

Seri Duta 1 condominium management council chairman Annie Livesey said City Hall had failed to fulfil promises made to her during the meeting held at City Hall last month.

"I am disappointed that they failed to keep their word to carry out remedial work with immediate effect. "City Hall promised to clean the drains and even that was not followed through," she said.

Livesey said efforts to get someone from City Hall to respond proved futile. The illegal projects were highlighted after residents brought the matter to the press and Segambut MP Dr tan Kee Kwong.