Another sinkhole appears at Masjid India, after last year’s sinkhole findings revealed

The Star

Just over two weeks after authorities revealed the true cause of last year’s Masjid India sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur, another ground settlement has struck the same neighbourhood, this time along Jalan Bonus.  This has raised fresh questions about the stability of ageing underground infrastructure in the city centre.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc8y2wet  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

Transcript

00:00Another sinkhole appeared in the Masjid India vicinity in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

00:07This comes after authorities revealed the cause of last year's sinkhole in the area

00:11just over two weeks ago.

00:14This time the sinkhole appeared along Jalan Bonos at about 8.39am, raising questions about

00:20the stability of ageing underground infrastructure in the city centre.

00:24Partners from Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Ayerselangor, Inda Water Consortium and the Dangwangi District

00:30Police were on site to carry out investigations.

00:34City Hall said Jalan Masjid India has been temporarily closed to all vehicles, from Lorong Masjid India

00:40Earmpart up to the affected stretch, due to safety reasons.

00:44They said further monitoring and technical assessments of the sinkhole are going on.

00:49Last month, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Federal Territories

00:54Datuk Seri Dr. Zaliha Mustafa told Parliament that investigations by a special task force

01:00revealed that the collapse was caused by the failure of a corroded sewer pipe structure.

01:05She said the situation was worsened by soil instability and not the presence of limestone,

01:11as initially feared.

01:13She said the site sits on the Kenny Hills formation underlain by schist rock, while limestone

01:18lies much deeper, between 60 metres and 70 metres below ground level.

01:24She said City Hall is preparing a report to be released to the public by the end of the

01:28year.

01:29In response to increasing public concern, authorities have begun geotechnical studies along key routes

01:36in the Golden Triangle to determine soil profiles and stability.

01:41Early findings showed that there were no locations currently classified as high risk.

01:47During the road collapse incident in August last year, tourist G. Vijaya Lakshmi from India

01:52went missing after she fell into an eight-metre-deep sinkhole.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended