Originally posted by cck_190:
I've got the full article:
SINGAPORE : Excavation works at the MRT Circle Line work site along
Nicoll Highway near the Merdeka Bridge, behind Golden Mile Complex,
collapsed at about 3.30 pm, the Land Transport Authority said on
Tuesday.
This has resulted in major soil subsidence along Nicoll
Highway.
The stretch of road is now closed to traffic and there was also
disruption to the utility supplies in the area, the LTA said.
It advised motorists to avoid this area until further notice.
Channel NewsAsia has been receiving many hotline calls over the
incident.
Some of the calls were from people in the Golden Mile Complex area,
who say they are being evacuated from the building by police and
civil defence officers.
The highway is not passable to traffic on both sides and police
have cordoned off link roads leading to the highway.
There were also unconfirmed reports that flames were seen in the
area.According to unconfirmed reports, at least 200 workers were
working on this stretch of the Circle Line.
One of the supervisors at the site told Channel NewsAsia that 30 of
them have been accounted for, and four are missing.
They include a crane operator.
There was no immediate news on the other workers.
The Singapore General Hospital has confirmed that it has received
one casualty, a Thai worker, who was in a wheelchair when he
arrived at 4.15 pm.
A spokesman for SP PowerGrid has also confirmed that there was a
power blackout in the Marina Centre and Suntec City area at about
3.35 pm.
The blackout was attributed to the collapse of parts of Nicoll
Highway, which damaged transmission cables supplying the Marina
Centre area.
Supply has since been restored via alternative cables at 3.50 pm. -
CNA
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[b]This is on bus service diversion:
SINGAPORE : Following the collapse of Nicoll Highway on Tuesday,
five SBS Transit bus services in the area have been diverted.
They are service numbers 10, 14, 16, 70 and 196.
In the direction of the city, these will now ply along Mountbatten
Road, Geylang, Kallang, Jalan Sultan, Beach Road and Bras Basah
Road.
In the return direction, these services will travel along Bras
Basah Road/ Stamford Road, Beach Road, Jalan Sultan, Sims Avenue,
Geylang Lorong 1 and Mountbatten Road, until further notice.
SBS Transit says traffic inspectors and patrol cars have been
deployed to assist passengers at four bus stops along the affected
stretch of road. - CNA
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will the buses call at the stops along the roads when they are
diverted?
