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Workers who saved driver from sinkhole get SCDF awards, mobile data and goodie bags
The Straits Times
|August 07, 2025
Seven workers who rescued a woman from a sinkhole in Tanjong Katong Road South were presented with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Community Lifesaver Award on Aug 6.
Mr Pitchai Udaiyappan Subbiah, Mr Sathapillai Rajendran, Mr Anbazhagan Velmurugan, Mr Bose Ajithkumar, Mr Poomalai Saravanan, Mr Ganesan Veerasekar and Mr Arumugam Chandirasekaran received the SCDF Community Lifesaver Award certificate and medallion from Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming.
They had pulled a female driver out of a sinkhole using a nylon rope on July 26, after her car fell into one that formed in Tanjong Katong Road South.
Speaking at the event, Mr Goh thanked the workers and said: "Very bravely, instead of running away from danger, you put yourself in the line of risk and stepped forward to rescue the driver from the vehicle that fell into the sinkhole.
"Singapore is better because you have played a part in helping to support and build parts of Singapore — very good parts of it — that we have today," added Mr Goh, who is an MP for Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.
This story is from the August 07, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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