During her visit to the site where a drain collapsed at Kampung Kerinchi in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (Aug 28), Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the incident happened due to broken sewage pipes and Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) was already carrying out remedial work in the area.
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00:00The incident happened near the IWK pipe.
00:05The pipe was broken by the roadside drainage.
00:14We have seen the situation.
00:17I have been informed that this incident happened because of the IWK pipe.
00:23There is a problem inside the pipe.
00:25The ground around this area is rough.
00:30This caused the incident and caused the drainage to break.
00:37This will be taken immediate action by the DPKL and the authorities.
00:45To ensure that this pipe is repaired as soon as possible.
00:50The IWK pipe needs to be repaired first.
00:56Then the surrounding area.
00:59Inshallah, in three weeks, we will be able to fix the problem.
01:05It's a rainy season. This is the third sinkhole we've seen in the past week.
01:09Is Kuala Lumpur still safe?
01:11Inshallah, it is still safe.
01:14But as I said earlier, we really have to be very careful.
01:17In the area where we have the sinkhole, which is at Masjid India.
01:22That area, PDRM is also taking care of it.
01:30We don't allow the public to enter that particular area.
01:34But other parts, inshallah. So far, I think it's still safe.
01:38What is the estimated age of the sinkhole in KL?
01:42Is it time for us to do a major repair?
01:48As far as we know, most of the developments in Kuala Lumpur,
01:54including the drainage, have been going on for more than 30 years.
01:57So we really need to do an integrity test.
02:04For all the drainage systems in Kuala Lumpur.
02:09We will be working with Petra, IWK and PPP.
02:16Is it related to any delayed scheduled maintenance?
02:20Which means they were meant to be done earlier, but they're not.
02:23I cannot confirm that. I really have to see the schedule from TPKL.
02:28When was the last inspection done?
02:30Normally we have a yearly inspection.
02:33It's a must. We have to do that in TPKL.