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Gujarat: 3-year-old girl rescued from borewell in Dwarka after 8-hour ordeal

According to the reports, the girl child was playing in the front yard of her family's residence when she reportedly slipped inside the open borewell around 1 pm.

Rescue operations underway Image Source : ANIRescue operations underway

A three-year-old girl was successfully rescued following 8 long hours after she fell into a borewell in Ran village in Gujarat's Dwarka district on Monday afternoon. The Indian Army and National Disaster Response Force launched a rescue operation to save the girl child, identified as Angel Sakhra.

According to the reports, the girl child was playing in the front yard of her family's residence when she reportedly slipped inside the open borewell around 1 pm.

Senior officials, including Dwarka District Collector Ashok Sharma, were present at the spot monitoring the rescue operation.

The cries of the girl child can also be heard and a team from the health department is pumping oxygen into the borewell.

(With inputs from ANI)

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