4,000 in the dark as excavator snaps underground cables


concerned YB. Sarawak assistant minister for Communications Datuk Lee Kim Shin (in white uniform) and engineers visiting the site where power cables were snapped in the Kuala Baram district north of Miri City yesterday. pic by Lee secretary.

MIRI: When it comes to matters involving public amenities, all it takes is one careless mistake and thousands of residents may end up suffering the consequences.

Workers of a private excavation contractor here in Miri is now facing the brunt of the authorities after a careless mistake they made which resulted in sudden disruption of electricity supply to about 4,000 people living in two major residential areas in the Kuala Baram district, about 15km north of Miri City.

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