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.
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