A netizen shared how her cousin’s home in Yishun was flooded because of a water pipe bursting, and the situation was so bad that brown-coloured water was gushing out after flooding the unit.
She added that the flooding was so bad that the police were purportedly called in, along with a Member of Parliament (MP) for the area.
Here is what she said
“My cousins house flooded yesterday, the house was going through renovation when the water pipe bursts and water started pouring out and into the house…this happened in yishun btw they have lost a lot of stuff and it was so bad the cops and minister showed up even sph.”
MP Derrick Goh’s post on Facebook
[Flooding incident @Blk 401 Yishun Green]
I was notified that a PUB underground pipe at Block 401 burst earlier in the afternoon. One of the ground floor unit was flooded. PUB has turned off the water supply and carrying out rectification works. As the water supply to the low rise block was affected, PUB had arranged for water wagons to supply water to the affected units. I had rushed down after the Labour Day rally, and when I arrived, I met residents who quietly went about filling up pails of water and were understanding of the situation.
Our Town Council’s plumbing contractor was also on-site and did a joint investigation with PUB earlier. I was informed that they have confirmed the burst pipe to be under under PUB’s purview.
Our cleaners from 800 Super Waste reacted very quickly and were on hand to help the resident of the flooded unit to move furniture out of the home and cleaned the unit.
I spoke with the affected resident and understand that the unit had just completed renovation and the family was planning to move in after the long holiday weekend. I contacted our Yishun HDB General Manager to help provide the family with temporary accommodation and the PA Grassroots will help access emergency funds to help the family. I am grateful to my grassroots volunteers of Yishun Clover RC at Block 398 for lending a hand to help our new resident store some of their furniture during this period.
This is an unfortunate incident and a stressful time for the affected family. I assured them we will extend help where possible. We are working closely with PUB, TC and the residents, and will provide necessary updates on the situation when relevant.