KUALA LUMPUR, The government will conduct an integrity audit on the entire utility system at Jalan Masjid India here after the search and rescue operation for the victim of the sinkhole incident in the area is completed.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said the inspection is being carried out to ensure public safety and to identify the cause of the subsidence in the affected area.

He said the integrity audit would involve several agencies, including the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), Indah Water Konsortium, the Public Works Department (JKR), the Fire and Rescue Department, and the Department of Minerals and Geoscience (JMG).

“We will examine all utilities and the entire underground system here by conducting a post-mortem to determine how to prevent similar incidents in the future… sometimes new developments are carried out, so we want to find the cause of the land subsidence.

“We will investigate the cause and improve this (utility) system,” he said during a press conference after visit
ing the site of the sinkhole incident at Jalan Masjid India today.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency