Power and telecommunications services for homes affected by the Putra Heights gas pipeline fire are expected to be fully restored by Friday (April 11).
Selangor infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman Datuk Izham Hashim, speaking at a press conference at the incident operations centre on Tuesday (April 8), said the restoration will cover all affected homes except those severely damaged by the fire.
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Selangor infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman Datuk Izham Hashim, speaking at a press conference at the incident operations centre on Tuesday (April 8), said the restoration will cover all affected homes except those severely damaged by the fire.
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00:00Thank God, we have done the maintenance work related to the issue of gas supply, electric supply, and also the telecommunication.
00:18I have discussed with the telecommunication team to ensure that everything will be repaired as soon as possible.
00:30I have received information that by Friday, the electricity supply to the entire village will be completed.
00:40There are still a few houses that have not been completed.
00:42However, the issue of the owner of the house wanting to return is the second question.
00:46But for the supply, at least it will reach the meter and the fuse will be removed so that the owner of the house is ready to enter.
00:55But the place where the house is not safe, it will not be connected, which has damaged the metering and the DB board.
01:04It is not connected, but which is better, it is installed and the main fuse is removed.
01:09I think the owner of the house is ready to do a load test to ensure that the wiring is good.
01:14Telecom also said that by Friday, the unified services will all be restored for communication.
01:22For petroleum and gas, we have held several meetings.
01:26Inshallah, as everyone knows, the investigation is underway.
01:30It will take a little time.
01:32We want to thoroughly investigate the source and so on.
01:36It will be announced later, if Allah wills it.
01:38When the conclusive evidence is obtained, what issues are related.
01:43We have nothing to hide.
01:45This is all for safety.
01:48Indeed, it will take time.
01:50From the beginning, we have had previous experiences, incidents that are not like this, but almost.
01:56It takes time.
01:58This is because there are various issues that we need to consider before we can reveal or tell what the source is.
02:09It involves many parties.
02:11It involves various expertise.
02:13Geotech, issue integrity of the gas pipeline, etc.
02:18Everything needs to be investigated.
02:20But for now, it is a secure site for further investigation.
02:24As for the source, it will take time.
02:27We have to be patient and wait for the decision or investigation to be made, if Allah wills it.
02:35There will be none.
02:37We are not hiding anything.
02:39But in the beginning, everything was in order.
02:44There were no issues on social media.
02:47Everything was done well according to the SOP.
02:50The implementation of the work in the ROW gas pipeline was done according to the procedure.
02:58There were no issues, no illegal processes, etc.
03:03There were no issues.
03:04We just want to look at the source.
03:06We are looking at the source of the incident.
03:11The most important thing that I have discussed in the ROW is the steps to be taken for the gas pipeline.
03:19We have discussed this with Gas Malaysia.
03:24We will take additional steps to ensure that incidents like this will not happen again.
03:32As for the gas supply, there will be some issues.
03:37We have tried to find a solution.
03:39A large part of the gas supply is for power stations.
03:46There are four power stations involved.
03:50In Serdang, Konop Bridge, Pulau Indah and Kapah.
03:55Two of these can be replaced.
03:58One uses coal, the other uses distilled oil.
04:04But these two can't be replaced because they are gas only.
04:07Konop Bridge and Pulau Indah are in standby mode.
04:11We will see how it goes.
04:12But so far, the electricity supply has not been affected.
04:15It can be distributed to other power plants to meet the needs of the country's electricity supply.
04:23Because it is on the grid, we have been coordinated by the Ministry of Energy
04:29to ensure that the electricity supply is not affected by the gas supply.
04:38Everything is affected.
04:39Villages, Central Village, Sembilan Baru, etc.
04:43Everything will be finished.
04:44Today, there are less than 50 villages that have not been affected.
04:48But there are people who don't want to come.
04:50They want to do a load test to make sure the wiring is intact.
04:53They do a TNB test up to the meter.
04:55But they have to do a test to make sure the wiring is intact.
04:59Everything on this side has been taken care of.
05:01The Harmony Park has been completed.
05:03Except for the ones that are badly damaged.
05:05There are 51 that can't be repaired.
05:11Of course, they will be installed.
05:12But the others can be installed.
05:14But the owners haven't come yet.
05:18Maybe they will take some time for them.
05:21The TNB will wait to do the load test.
05:25That's what will be taken care of.