Volume 6 – Geotechnical Manual, Site Investigation and Engineering ...

Chapter 4 REFERENCES ON GEOMATICS AND LAND SURVEY SERVICES
4.11 PREPARATION OF LAND ACQUISITION PLANS (JADUAL 2001 ITEM 8.14 &
1.11 AND REGULATION 1991 ITEM 3(B).
These are approved pre-computation plans based on the Right of Way (ROW) plans or any other
area to be acquired for the implementation of the project for the proposed waterway, canal or drain.
On being surveyed the ROW will eventually become the designated drainage reserve alignment to be
maintained by the Drainage and Irrigation Department. Land acquisition is a socially sensitive, very
costly, tedious and long drawn process which entails the following:-.
a. Preparation of Land Acquisition Plans which comprise:-
• Purchasing certified plans (Pelan Akui) and Cadastral (Standard) Sheets from the
Department of Survey and Mapping for the compilation/preparation of Land Acquisition
(LA) Plans.
• Search for Qualified Titles (Hakmilik Sementara) and Approved LA Plans at the Land
Office or other Government Department.
b. Land Acquisition Plans normally compiled on the same scale as the Survey Department
cadastral sheet shall show:-
• Lot boundaries with bearings and distances within the surveyed corridor or strip
(proposed alignment/ROW)
• Lot numbers of lots to be acquired
• Lot areas with details on portion to be acquired and the left over balance
• Status and category of land use and crops
• Houses and other as-built features affected by the Acquisition
c. Finalized Land Acquisition Plans are updated from:-
• Revision/amendment of ROW by consulting engineer
• Comments by the Department of Drainage and Irrigation
• Up-to date information on change in status of land received from the Land Office
• Objection from Land owner during field survey work to demarcate the ROW/alignment of
the future waterway reserve or alignment.
d. R.S. (Requisition for Survey) Plan. The approved Pre-computation plan for Land Acquisition
which is attached to the Requisition for Survey (Permintaan Ukur) letter by the Land Office to
the Department of Survey Mapping is known as the R. S. Plan.
4.12 EFFECT OF ADVANCE OR RETREAT OF THE BED OF ANY RIVER OR SEA
Frequently while conducting survey for Land Acquisition we come across a situation where part a of
privately owned land along river banks are lost through erosion by the action of flood water. Similarly
land along the opposite bank, especially on bends, may also gain land through accretion by the
action of flooding. Such lands, as per provision of Section 49 of the National Land Code (Act 56 of
1965), shall become State land.
4.13 TRANSFORMATION OF COORDINATES AND MAP PROJECTIONS IS NEEDED
DUE TO THE USE OF VARIOUS GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE SYSTEMS (JADUAL
2001 ITEM 8.16 AND 1.13).
Coordinates in a common geographically referenced system is needed to provide information on the
location of a position of a feature for navigation, point of Interest or geographic information system.
An example on the request for transformation of coordinates is the experience with the Sungai Muda
Flood Mitigation Project stretching from Jambatan Merdeka to Kuala Muda where different
coordinates are being used.
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