Singapore: PIO workers to get rewarded for sinkhole rescue

The car plunged into the sinkhole on July 26. PIC/AFP

A Singapore charity has raised over SG$70,000 through community contributions as an appreciation for seven Indian workers who rescued a driver from her car which fell into a sinkhole. The sinkhole developed along the city-state's Tanjong Katong Road South on Saturday (July 26). The workers - led by foreman Pitchai Udaiyappan Subbiah - pulled to safety the driver whose car had fallen into it.

The charity - ItsRainingRaincoats (IRR) - reached the target of SG$70,000, it said on Wednesday. "Target raised and reached! Thank you Singapore for your overwhelming kindness and generosity to the brave sinkhole rescue migrant worker heroes!" said the 10-year-old charity, which serves the interests of foreign workers.

Videos of the rescue have circulated widely online, garnering much praise from Singaporeans. The rescue was timely as the sinkhole eventually was filled with water from a burst pipe. During a visit to the workers' dormitory on July 27, Minister for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash also presented each worker a commemorative coin.

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