Putra Heights inferno: Construction work conducted within approval guidelines, say cops

The Star

Selangor police told the media on Sunday (April 6) that construction work conducted near the area where the gas pipeline explosion occurred on Jalan Putra Harmoni in Putra Heights followed approval guidelines.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/32aekx8h  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The police have investigated by re-digging through the concrete pipe installed by a contractor company.

00:07It was found that this concrete pipe was installed within 2.1 metres from the existing road.

00:17Subsequently, it was found that the digging work was done by this contractor not more than 3 metres along the road with a width of 1.5 metres.

00:28The digging and installation work has been carried out for more than 30 metres and is believed to be continued.

00:36The road that crosses the concrete pipe is the road that was passed.

00:42The police found that the digging by this contractor was not more than 3 metres from the road.

00:52The digging and installation work was carried out by 3 excavators, 1 bulldozer and 1 backhoe.

01:00It is being carried out to open the area and examine the condition of the Petronas pipe which is believed to be within 6 to 7 metres.

01:09The police also found that this gas pipe is within 5.6 metres from the road.

01:17It is being carried out to open the area and examine the condition of the Petronas pipe which is believed to be within 6 to 7 metres.

01:27It is being carried out to open the area and examine the condition of the Petronas pipe which is believed to be within 6 to 7 metres.

01:37The distance is estimated in the past.

01:45So far, I can only say that the distance that has been excavated has disturbed the pipe.

01:52It still needs further investigation.

01:54It means that we have to expose the whole pipe from that place to the ground zero.

02:01So, we cannot comment on that at this moment.

02:08Okay, I have told you about the phase.

02:14We will take another 7 to 10 days to stabilize the ground because we have to install the sheet pile on the left and right.

02:22I want to tell you that the hole in the pipe is 7 metres.

02:29So, we have to stabilize the ground.

02:32We have to install the sheet pile on the left and right.

02:39Only then, the ground can be excavated.

02:42And we have to bring the ground out to 6 metres.

02:48So, with the current rain condition, we have to bring out the water from there.

02:54So, that will take 7 to 10 days.

02:57After that, we can go back inside.

02:59So, we can issue an early report within 2 weeks.

03:03So, that is the plan of the technical agencies involved.

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