KUALA LUMPUR: A 48-year-old woman has fallen into an eight-metre sinkhole after a section of the sidewalk caved in on Jalan Masjid India, near Malayan Mansion on Friday (Aug 23).

It is learnt that the victim, an Indian national, was walking along the area when the incident occurred.

The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department operations room received the distress call at 8.22am.

Some 15 firemen from two fire stations were dispatched to the scene.

Operation commander Mohd Riduan Akhbar said upon arrival at the site, rescuers discovered the victim had fallen into a sinkhole following the cave-in.

"The hole is about eight metres deep.

"Search and Rescue operation is currently being conducted.

"The Special Tactical Operation and Rescue Team of Malaysia (STORM) and K9 unit are at the location," he added.

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This post has been edited by raynman: Aug 31 2024, 04:19 PM

Modi to PMX: How come sinkholes can suddenly appear in Masjid India?

This post has been edited by raynman: Aug 23 2024, 01:26 PM

Eight meters is very deep.

At least seriously injured

The sinkhole is quite big

The sinkhole is located in front of the Wisma Melayu building

Your time has not come

You mean haven't found her body?

Cannot find her alive in a hole means she must be buried under all the earth.

They are resuming the search and rescue operation this morning at 9am right?

Poor thing. Only her slippers were found so far

They are going to open up six manholes to locate her body

Just like this tree

Search resumes today at 8am

"We will not stop searching until we find the victim"

How long will that take?

Just found her slippers so far.

Third day search to resume this morning.

Since the search of six manholes were unsuccessful yesterday, the search will start again at ground zero today.

Call off sewer search for woman in sinkhole incident, says expert


KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities have been urged to call off the search for a woman who fell into an 8m-deep sinkhole in Jalan Masjid India here, as the operation enters its third day with no sign of the victim.

G Parameswaran, a wastewater engineer, said the woman must be presumed dead given the high speed at which the sewer lines flow.

He explained that the large, 1.5m-wide sewer lines in central Kuala Lumpur likely carried the body through multiple sections over the past three days.

These sewer lines have a minimum flow speed of 1m per second. Theoretically, the body could have travelled up to 86.4km within 24 hours, he told FMT.

There is little point in continuing the search at this stage. We must now assume the worst, and the focus should shift to the Pantai 2 sewage treatment plant, where the body could eventually end up, he said.

Parameswaran, who also serves as president of the Malaysian Water and Wastewater Quality Safety Association, warned that the body might have decomposed rapidly in the harsh sewer environment.

Given the strong currents and numerous junctions in the sewer system, there is also the possibility the body could have been dismembered, with body parts flowing in different directions, he said.

Rescuers have spent three days opening manholes along the suspected path, but have found no trace of the woman.

The complex sewer network, coupled with hazardous conditions, has made the search particularly challenging.

Indah Water Konsortium chief executive officer Narendran Maniam reportedly said it was possible that the victim had been washed away and could be stuck at one of the inter-pump stations.

To date, rescuers have found only a pair of slippers belonging to the victim.

Vijayaletchumy, 48, of Andhra Pradesh, India, was walking with her family on Jalan Masjid India when she fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened beneath her at 8.20am on Friday.

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