Rescuers pump out sewage around Pantai Dalam in search of sinkhole victim

Rescuers pump out sewage around Pantai Dalam in search of sinkhole victim

This is to facilitate their entry into the sewers, says a fire and rescue department personnel.

Fire and rescue department personnel pumping out sewage at the Pantai Dalam sewage treatment plant.
KUALA LUMPUR:
The fire and rescue department is pumping out sewage at the Pantai Dalam sewage treatment plant in efforts to locate the Indian national who fell into a sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India on Friday.

So far, the search for Vijayaletchumy, 48, a tourist from Andhra Pradesh, India, has not been successful.

According to one of the personnel, the sewage is being pumped out to allow rescuers to enter the sewers.

Yesterday, six manholes around Malayan Mansion were opened in stages after initial efforts to find the victim around the sinkhole failed.

It is understood that besides the fire and rescue department and Indah Water Konsortium, the search and rescue operation today involved the civil defence force, the police and Kuala Lumpur City Hall.

According to Dang Wangi police chief Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman, the six manholes are in front of Wisma Yakin, at Jalan Melayu, the Jalan Melayu intersection, Dataran Merdeka, Agrobank near Lebuh Pasar and Jalan Kinabalu.

Members of the media have been at the location since this morning to provide coverage of the search efforts, which entered its third day today.

On Friday, Vijayaletchumy, 48, disappeared after falling into the 8m-deep sinkhole at 8.22am while she was on her way to a nearby temple for breakfast.

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