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Teen inventors find solution to missing manhole covers

Creative minds: Lutfir and Faiq (right) showing their invention at the Google Malaysia office in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: Missing steel manhole covers will be a problem of the past if two teenagers have their way.

Lutfir Rahman Mohd Izani and Faiq Hazim, both 16, believe their invention – jute reinforced polyester – would make ideal manhole covers as it would be safe from scrap metal scavengers.

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Science & Technology , Google award , jute-reinforced polyester to replace steel manhole covers

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