‘Teh tarik’ catchment raises fear of possible landslide

Storm in a teacup: The pond that turned yellow in Bukit Jambul caused residents in the vicinity to fear a landslide uphill. (Inset) Workers scooping up the mud in the drain leading to the pond there.

GEORGE TOWN: When a placid pond that was once emerald green in Bukit Jambul, Penang, turn into ‘teh tarik’ after a thunderstorm, residents feared it was a warning sign of a landslide uphill.

But it was just mud-wash caused by the construction of the paired road linking Lebuhraya Thean Teik in Bandar Baru Ayer Itam to Lebuh Bukit Jambul.