Nearly five months after a sinkhole appeared, Jalan Masjid India has reopened to the public.
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00:00Nearly five months after a sinkhole appeared, the Jalan Masjid India stretch in Kuala Lumpur
00:07reopened to the public.
00:09Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Sri Maimunah Mohamad Sharif and other government officials visited
00:14the site on Tuesday.
00:15She said the repair work on the street was completed two months ahead of the scheduled
00:19target of February, to accommodate the needs of the public and business operators in the
00:24area during the festive season.
00:26She said City Hall had conducted four deep boring tests in the vicinity to determine
00:31the soil profile, and they had also repaired the walkways in the sinkhole area and upgraded
00:36the drainage system.
00:38She said Inderwater Consortium had fixed the broken sewage channels, while utility and
00:43telecommunications companies had repaired their assets.
00:47Authorities are studying the final report on the sinkhole incident prepared by a special
00:51task force comprising various agencies.
00:54The final report will be tabled to the Cabinet for approval early next year, before being
00:59released to the public.
01:01During an incident on August 23rd, a 48-year-old Indian national fell into the 8-metre deep
01:06sinkhole along Jalan Masjid India during her holiday in Malaysia.
01:11She could not be located after nine days of search and rescue operations.
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