Jalan Burma reopened today, sinkhole repairs complete

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Jalan Burma is now fully opened after work to repair the damage caused by a sinkhole was completed early Thursday (Sept 25) morning, says Penang Island City Council (MBPP) mayor Datuk A. Rajendran.  He said repairs were completed by 4am, allowing the main route to be reopened to the public.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2rf6hkdh  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Jalan Burma near Komtar, Georgetown, which was recently affected by a sinkhole, is now fully

00:06reopened following repair works completed early Thursday morning. Penang Island City Council Mayor

00:12Datuk A. Rajendran said the repairs were finished by 4 a.m., allowing the main route to resume normal

00:19traffic. The sinkhole first appeared last Sunday around 9 a.m., after a 300-millimeter pipe

00:25belonging to Inda Water Consortium, or IWK, unexpectedly burst. The incident caused severe

00:33damage to the road surface and disrupted traffic in the area. On Monday, IWK clarified that the

00:40collapse was due to a shift in a sewer pipe connection, which can occur suddenly under heavy

00:45loads and not due to aging infrastructure, as previously speculated. The pipe involved, measuring

00:51525 millimeters in diameter, was located upstream of the sinkhole site. Mayor Rajendran further

00:59announced that the damaged sewer pipe has been fully replaced, and a new manhole cover was

01:04installed early Wednesday morning, ensuring the road is safe for commuters once again.

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