Sanitary drainage works taking place underneath a road in Kuwait are suspected to have caused the massive sinkhole that obstructed traffic flow in the country earlier this week.
The Ministry of Public Works is currently cooperating with the Ministry of Interior to find out the cause of the sinkhole, which occurred on the sixth ring road next to Amghara bridge and towards Al-Jahra City.
The new sanitary drainage line, which is part of the Ministry's plan for upgrading the health sanitary drainage systems in the region, is being laid at the site of the incident, extending from Al-Jahra station to Kabd station.
The Ministry’s of Public Works’ head of engineering Mahmoud Karam told Kuwait News Agency that the sinkhole most probably occurred due to a break in the tunneling machine being used to lay sanitary drainage line underneath the road.
He added that a report was being prepared as quickly as possible to establish the exact reason for the land depression, as well as to determine the amount of damage caused to the area.
As part of the investigation, the Ministry’s engineering team will be examining whether the big water pipeline affected by the land cavity is supplying fresh water to the region, in the hopes of helping devise a plan to address the damage.
The Kuwait sinkhole follows a similar incident in Guatemala earlier this year, when an enormous 200ft sinkhole swallowed an entire clothing factory.
Until a final report has been produced, the Ministry of Public Works promised to make traffic shifts on the sixth ring road to ensure the safety of road users and pedestrians.
3 comments:
Good thing Kuwait's sinkhole is not as big as that in Guatemala.
I am a month-old here in Kuwait, and your blog is one of the Pinoy blogs that I easily found. Wondering if you know of any other Kuwait-based Pinoy blogs.
Thanks. (Question: Hindi Ana ang pangalan mo di ba?).
Hiiii =) Welcome to Kuwait! and nope my name is not Ana. Ana in Arabic means "I am" so Ana Filibini literally means "I am Filipino".
Oh thank goodness it's not as big otherwise people here would be slapping their faces and pulling out their hair in fear. I would too! =))
I'm Mackay btw. Nice to meet you.
and oh, there used to be 2 more Filipino bloggers here but they have stopped posting for a year now. If there are more, they haven't made their presence known yet. I wish there's more though. Interaction is always fun!
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