KUANTAN: A preliminary evaluation has discovered that the Kenyir Dam is still stable following landslides in the world, says Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB).
TNB president and chief government officer Datuk Baharin Din mentioned the corporate’s enterprise continuity plan (emergency motion plan) had been activated as quickly because the landslides occurred to take rapid motion to handle the state of affairs, together with coordination with stakeholders, authorities companies and different departments in TNB.
“Other measures additionally contain assessing the impression of the incident on the dam construction and the implementation of remedial measures to revive operations on the Sultan Mahmud Power Station,” he mentioned.
“The preliminary evaluation discovered that the structural integrity of the dam stays sturdy and safe. The state of affairs round Tasik Kenyir can also be assured secure,” Baharin added in an announcement.
TNB mentioned operations on the energy station in Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu, had been quickly stopped attributable to a landslide that toppled a high-voltage electrical transmission tower that provided energy from the station to the nationwide grid.
The firm mentioned unusually heavy rain since Feb 25 resulted in a landslide that severed the entry highway to the ability station at 4am on Feb 27, adopted by a sediment movement flooding the station space and flowing into Sungai Terengganu upstream of the 400 megawatt station.
A 3rd landslide at about 10am on the identical day tore down a bridge in addition to the 132kV transmission tower.
TNB mentioned it took rapid steps to cease operations and evacuated the station as quickly as circumstances allowed its workers to be transferred safely.
Baharin mentioned TNB would additionally cooperate with the Public Works Department to observe slope circumstances in addition to searching for the providers of an exterior marketing consultant to make an in depth evaluation of the dam’s integrity.
“We count on restore work to take nearly six months as a result of it would embrace the clearing of all obstructions and flood silt, minimising the consequences of abrasion and stopping the potential of additional erosion in addition to upkeep of apparatus and generator belongings,” mentioned Baharin.
“Appropriate measures to make sure that the safety of the station is underneath management have additionally been taken,” he added.
Baharin assured customers in the east coast that the ability provide wouldn’t be affected because it could possibly be supplemented by different sources via the nationwide grid system.
