KL sinkhole: Prayers for victim as SAR enters day four

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As the search and rescue operation to locate the Indian tourist who fell into a sinkhole at Jalan Masjid India entered its fourth day on Monday (Aug 26), both locals and foreigners gathered near the scene, praying for the victim.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/CAJW3   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00As the search-and-rescue operation to locate the Indian tourists, who fell into a sinkhole

00:05at Jalan Masjid, India, entered its fourth day, both locals and foreigners gathered near

00:10the scene, praying for the victim.

00:13It is very sad to see this happen.

00:18We cannot accept it, but we have to accept it.

00:21We have to find a good solution for them.

00:25I am saddened by his son's death.

00:27We are praying for his mother.

00:29We have to find her.

00:31That is our prayer.

00:33I am from Klangshed.

00:35We have been coming here for three days.

00:38We have faith that we will find her body.

00:43We are praying for her.

00:45We have to thank the police and the Bombay Police.

00:50They have been doing their job non-stop since morning.

00:55We have faith that we will find her body.

00:58We pray that no such incident should happen again.

01:0248-year-old Vijaya Lakshmi was buried alive

01:06after falling into the 8-metre sinkhole on Friday morning.

01:10She had been in Malaysia for two months

01:12and reportedly on her way to a nearby temple

01:15to have breakfast when the incident occurred.

01:18Meanwhile, business operators along Jalan Masjid, India

01:21are facing significant disruptions

01:23with the ongoing search and rescue operation

01:25to locate the Indian national who fell into a sinkhole.

01:29A check by the staff found some shops had closed

01:32while those that remained open saw significantly lower sales.

01:35After this incident happened,

01:37it was last week on Friday morning.

01:40All these businesses are very affected.

01:43We still have to pay for rental

01:45and we also have to pay for the staff and everything.

01:48You can see all these shops cannot display

01:51because of safety concerns.

01:54We are a bit worried because the customers come in here.

01:57They are also a bit worried.

02:00We still want to pass by this area.

02:02The most important thing in this area

02:04is only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

02:07This incident happened on Friday.

02:09This weekend, all businesses have already been gone.

02:13Hopefully, they can clear as soon as possible

02:15for this area to become very normal.

02:17I have been in this business for a long time, since 2019.

02:21But because of this incident,

02:23it is a bit of a hindrance to our business process.

02:25Because this is the main road for the people in front and behind.

02:28We are forced to close this area

02:30because there are a lot of police officers here.

02:32So, there are not many people here.

02:34Actually, we opened on Saturday

02:36but there was no reception.

02:38One of the factors is safety.

02:40Even I am walking carefully now

02:42because we know how the situation is.

02:44They are jealous.

02:45They won't tell you when you will be jealous.

02:47So, many people are afraid to go out

02:49because it is still rainy season.

02:51Customer traffic has gone down drastically.

02:54And of course, all businesses,

02:57all other businesses as well,

02:59our customers are very reluctant to come to this area

03:04at this point of time.

03:06Even we staff, coming from elsewhere to work,

03:09we are very scared to walk on the pavement.

03:14We look for very unusual surfaces, things like that.

03:21Even myself, I am really scared.

03:23We hope for the best.

03:25The authorities will take stern measures

03:28and will be very careful in repairing work.

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