Jalan burma: The road was temporarily closed today for urgent repairs after a sinkhole appeared near the junction with Transfer Road.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the Penang City Council (MBPP) announced that the closure involved both directions from Penang Road, namely from Komtar and from the Penang police contingent headquarters (IPK) towards Jalan Burma, for immediate repairs to be carried out.

Following this, MBPP stated that traffic would be diverted to Jalan Lim Chwee Leong during the repair period. 'MBPP traffic wardens and traffic police were also deployed at the location to divert traffic flow,' according to the council post on its Facebook.

In this regard, MBPP advised road users to plan their journey and use alternative routes to avoid congestion. Earlier, a picture went viral on social media showing a road subsidence incident where a sinkhole formed.