Jais (third from left) being briefed on the newly installed early warning system at the Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve on Tuesday.
KULAI: The Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve, which was closed down some 15 years ago following a tragedy that saw the loss of five lives, has finally reopened to the public with an early warning system installed for the safety of visitors.
Johor Education, Information, Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development executive committee chairman Datuk Md Jais Sarday said the forest reserve was thoroughly inspected with safety measures in placed before its doors were reopened.
He added, however, only the lowest level of the area is accessible to the public while level two and level three were still being monitored.
“We have three officers from the Forestry Department on duty here daily to ensure visitors abide by the rules and regulations as well as to monitor the safety of the public,” he told reporters after launching the reopening ceremony here on Tuesday.
The official reopening ceremony was also in conjunction with the International Forest Day 2016 state-level celebrations here.
In Dec 2001, the Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve was ordered shut following a landslide incident that took the lives of five and destroyed four homes at Kampung Sri Gunung Pulai here.
