Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia B.N. Reddy visited Jalan Masjid India on Thursday (Aug 29) to enquire about developments in an ongoing search and rescue operation for a 48-year-old Indian national who was swallowed by a sinkhole last week.
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00:00Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia BN Reddy visited the site of a sinkhole incident at
00:07Jalan Masjid India on Thursday to inquire about developments on an ongoing search and
00:13rescue operation.
00:15Rescue personnel have been searching underground over the past week for a 48-year-old Indian
00:19tourist who fell into the sinkhole on August 23.
00:23Reddy, who arrived with another official from the High Commission at about 3.50pm, spent
00:28about 10 minutes at the site.
00:30He was briefed by Dangwangi Deputy Police Chief Superintendent Nuzulan Mohamad Din on
00:37the operations.
00:38Earlier, personnel from the Department of Mineral and Geoscience of Malaysia arrived
00:43at the sinkhole site and were spotted using ground-penetrating radar equipment to scan
00:48the area.
00:49Thursday marked a week since Indian national Vijaya Lakshmi was swallowed into the sinkhole
00:55and she remains untraceable despite extensive efforts by the authorities.
01:00Rescuers have searched about seven kilometres of underground sewer lines which lead to the
01:04sewerage treatment plant in Pantai Dalam.