GEORGE TOWN: A lack of details on how much explosives will be used to blast underground granites to build proposed tunnels connecting Gurney Drive to Penang airport became a sore point for those studying the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) of the project.
A table in the DEIA showing the “estimation of explosives for tunnel blasting works” states that 717.4kg of Emulite, a brand of emulsion charge, would be needed.
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