• 3 months ago
The use of push rods and crawler cameras in the manhole network, from one manhole to the next in front of Wisma Yakin in Kuala Lumpur has failed to locate the woman from India who fell into the sinkhole that occurred at Jalan Masjid India on Aug 23, says Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) on Tuesday.

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00:00Kuala Lumpur City Hall said the team searching for the Indian tourist who fell into the sinkhole
00:06on Jalan Masjid India last Friday will continue its work at the end point near the Pantai
00:11Dalam sewage treatment plant.
00:14DBKL said the operation will include flushing and physical inspection of all accessible
00:19areas.
00:20They said the use of pushrods and crawler cameras in the manhole network, from one manhole
00:25to the next in front of Wisma Yakin, had failed to locate the woman.
00:30They conducted jetting procedures on the sewer pipes and manholes from Monday afternoon until
00:356.30am on Tuesday, which successfully cleared the debris, removing any obstructions.
00:42But the method still failed to detect the possible location of 48-year-old Vijayala
00:46Lakshmi from Kupam, Andhra Pradesh, who was in Malaysia with her family for a vacation.
00:53DBKL said their operation had also been expanded to the sidewalk in front of the site of the
00:58sinkhole on Jalan Masjid India.
01:01Media personnel have been directed to vacate the area as the operation may cause vibrations.
01:07Tuesday marked the fifth day of the search and rescue mission to locate the victim.

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