KUALA LUMPUR: A 100-metre stretch of road on Jalan Bukit Bintang has been closed to traffic after a water pipe burst near a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) construction site here, Thursday morning.
The pipe reportedly burst near the Audi Showroom between the Jalan Imbi and Jalan Bukit Bintang Intersection at about 7am and a portion of the affected road was closed off.
MRT Corp in a statement, confirmed the incident and said traffic from Jalan Tun Razak towards Pavillion Shopping Centre has been diverted to Jalan Imbi.
Traffic along Jalan Tun Razak is at a crawl as of 10am, according to traffic police, while traffic is still flowing in Jalan Raja Chulan and Jalan Imbi towards Pavillion.
Traffic police said officers were at the scene directing traffic, while MRT Corp said an investigation is being done to determine what caused the pipe to burst.
When contacted, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) corporate communications assistant general manager Priscilla Alfred said it was a 10-inch asbestos cement pipe that ruptured.
"The repair is estimated to be completed in about eight hours," she said.
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