Another water cut for some Penang island residents

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, State infrastructure and transport committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari and PBAPP chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan visiting the progress work on pipeline diverted across the Ampang Jajar bridge on the river's surface of the Sungai Perai in Butteworth. (January 20, 2024) — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: Penang island must face another water cut, this time affecting 120,000 homes in the southern end of the island, for work to replace a faulty submerged pipe crossing Sungai Prai.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said no date had been fixed yet but the work, which would take about 16 hours, must be completed by Feb 2.