KAPIT, Jan. 11 -- The villagers of Rumah Mary and Rumah Sylvester Masing at Sungai Kapit here are appealing to the government for help in constructing riverbank protective structure and also the resurfacing works on the cement road.

One of the longhouse chieftains, TR Mary Batin, said soil erosion had caused the section underneath one end of the iron bridge across Sungai Kapit to become hollow.

"This situation is adversely affecting transportation, as that hollow section measures about one metre between the road and the edge of the bridge," said Mary.

It was informed that the village security and development committee (JKKK) had used wooden planks to cover up the hollow section, so as to help the bridge withstand the vehicles passing o...