Mayor urges citywide sewer audit after Komtar sinkhole
Penang Island City Council mayor Rajendran Anthony has called for an urgent audit of sewer lines across George Town following the appearance of a sinkhole near Komtar that brought traffic to a standstill yesterday.
Rajendran said the incident, which began as a minor leak spotted last Saturday, escalated into a road cave-in near the Macalister Lane junction on Burma Road, leaving only one lane open to traffic.
“We hope that Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) can fix this in under five days and urgently audit all sewer lines in the city to prevent similar incidents,” he said.
IWK said preliminary checks showed that the collapse was caused by a dislocated joint in the sewer pipe. Repair work, which involves digging up a 13m stretch of the affected road, is expected to take about five days.
The sinkhole caused massive traffic jams in the busy Komtar area…
