3-year-old falls into 40-foot borewell in Bihar, rescue operation on
Bihar,July 23: A three-year-old child fell into a borewell in Kul village in Bihar’s Nalanda on Sunday. A rescue operation is underway and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other rescue teams are on the spot to save the boy, named Shivam.
While rescue teams are trying to dig a parallel hole to rescue the boy, they are considering putting a rope inside the borewell as an alternative attempt to get Shivam out.
Shivam’s mother said she was working in the field and her son was playing there when his feet suddenly slipped and he fell inside the borewell. JCB machines have been called to deliver oxygen and extract the child from the borewell.
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“The area has been cordoned off to ensure the safety and efficiency of the rescue operation. Medical teams equipped with oxygen facilities are also present at the location to provide immediate medical aid to the child,” an official said.
In a tweet, Nalanda’s district magistrate shared photos from the rescue operation and said that he is monitoring the efforts by the NDRF and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).
According to an ANI report, a farmer made the borewell but it wasn’t closed, resulting in the tragic incident. The children playing with Shivam informed his parents and the rescue operation started after they reached the spot.
“This borewell was made by the farmer here for boring. But boring didn’t succeed here, so they started boring in another place and this borewell was not closed,” a senior official supervising the rescue operation told ANI.
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Police said all efforts are underway to save the child and many senior police officials also rushed to the spot after learning about the incident.
Recently, a baby girl, who was pulled out of a borewell in a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district, died at a hospital.
In a similar incident, a two-and-a-half-year-old toddler lost her life after falling into a 300-feet-deep borewell in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district on June 6. Despite efforts, the girl successfully rescued was later pronounced dead due to suffocation.
-ANI
