KUALA LUMPUR: High pressure jetting works to break up debris lodged in the sewer near the sinkhole which swallowed Indian citizen Vijayaletchumy have been completed.
Kuala Lumpur City Hall's media unit in a statement on Tuesday said the jetting work and inspection of pipelines and manhole was done at 6.30am.
"The jetting work has successfully broken up debris lodged in the sewer.
"However an inspection using a push rod and camera crawler at the manhole in front of Wisma Yakin did not detect the location of the victim," it said.
It added that the search and rescue team will continue work at the end point area at the Pantai Dalam Indah Water Konsortium plant by continuing flushing operations as well as physical inspections of every space where there is a possibility the victim may be trapped.
Meanwhile, about 12.30pm, a representative from Dang Wangi police ordered all media personnel on standby at the shoplots in front of the dig site to move about 30m away.
Police said some works were expected to be performed there which would create strong vibrations in the area, but declined to elaborate.
entered its fifth day.
Representatives from the Malaysian Nuclear Agency were seen wheeling a ground-penetrating radar device into the dig site.
Similar devices were also used to locate buried victims during the landslide that occurred in Batang Kali in December 2022.