BUTTERWORTH: A team of divers is working to re-clamp the 1,350mm pipeline at the riverbed of Sungai Perai, and it is expected to be completed by midnight. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan said that one of the three steel plates, each weighing 100 kg, has been successfully installed while the...
GEORGE TOWN: Work to repair a burst underwater pipe in the Prai River here started at 1am on Friday (Dec 22). Divers are carrying out the task of attaching steel plates to the 1.35m-diameter pipe, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. ALSO READ: Penangites told to store water as further repairs on Prai River pipe set for...
GEORGE TOWN: Dangerous river conditions have slowed down underwater pipeline repair works at the Prai River, says the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP). PBAPP said the normalisation of water supply to 95% of 200,000 water consumers affected by the water supply interruption was re-scheduled to between noon and 1pm on Thursday (Dec 21). ALSO READ: Braving the murky...
KOTA KINABALU: More than 130 government and volunteer divers joined forces to carry out underwater clean-ups at islands in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park here. The one-day event dubbed Borneo Ultra Ocean Cleanup was organised by the Royal Malaysian Navy Submarine Force with members of the Sabah Diving Squad volunteering on Saturday (Sept 23). Besides them, divers...
