After more than two months of renovation works, Ms Anita Rahim was looking forward to moving into her new flat, but two days before she was supposed to moved in, a burst pipe left her home covered in mud. Ms Anita, 45, was putting the finishing touches to her 4-room...
National water agency PUB said it was alerted to a pipe leak at Yishun Avenue 6 which left a ground floor unit “flooded with silty water” at about 1.20pm.
“During this period, a water wagon was deployed to provide temporary supply to affected residents,” he said. Some 20 units on the lower levels were affected by the water supply disruption. “My son kept asking me if incidents like this will happen again. I hope the authorities will see how important it is to check on the maintenance of all these ,” she said.Ms Anita Rahim said the water only stopped flowing out of her drains at about 4pm, almost three hours after it first started. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ANITA RAHIM
“The Yishun HDB branch will look for an interim flat for the family to settle into, should the fix require more time to resolve the current situation,” he said.
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