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Sewage leak creates hole in city road
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-01-03 19:27
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Policemen and
locals look at a land cave-in near Jingguangqiao Bridge on the east Third
Ring Road in Beijing January 3, 2006. A section of highway running past
Beijing's central business district caved in early on Tuesday, rupturing a
sewage pipe and flooding a construction site for the subway the city is
scrambling to build for the 2008 Olympics. [newsphoto]
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A sewage pipeline leak in the early hours of yesterday morning in Beijing
caused an eastern section of the city's Third Ring Road to cave in, creating a
hole 20 metres long, 10 metres wide and 10 metres deep.
The accident, close to Jingguang Flyover in the busy downtown area of the
city, caused a traffic jam, but there were no casualties.
"Filthy water leaked out of the pipe and poured into a section of the subway
line that is under construction," Beijing Evening News quoted a witness as
saying.
Since no one was working there at the time, there were no casualties.
The accident also created several cracks on the main road.
The area has been cordoned off since the accident, forcing 31 bus lines to
change routes. Repair work is still ongoing and is expected to last 3 days.
China Mobile sent group messages to inform its users of the traffic control
in the area yesterday morning. Many chose other routes to avoid the heavy
traffic.
The city has seen a number of similar accidents. A week ago, a water pipe
burst in the southern Xuanwu District, causing part of a road to sink.
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