Madhya Pradesh: A 7-year-old boy fell into a 60-feet deep borewell in the Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh while playing. The boy is stuck at a depth of 43-feet and an operation has been almost completed and the child is likely to be taken out soon. An official informed that a parallel pit was dug with the help of earthmovers to pull out the child.
Boy slipped into a narrow hole while playing
The boy, Lokesh Ahirwar, was playing when he slipped into the narrow hole around 11 am at Kherkhedi Pathar village under Lateri tehsil in the district, the official said. After being alerted by the villagers, a rescue team reached the spot and began an operation to safely extricate the child, said Lateri sub-divisional magistrate Harshal Choudhary.
Rescuers are keeping eye on the boy
An oxygen pipe was also lowered into the borewell and rescuers are keeping an eye on the trapped boy through a night-vision device, Vidisha Collector Umashankar Bhargava said.
NDRF, SDRH join rescue operation
Personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were also been pressed into service to rescue the boy, said the official. A camera was lowered into the borewell to track the boy's condition better, he added. Senior officials, including divisional commissioner Malsingh Bhaydiya and inspector general (IG) Irshad Wali, also reached the spot around 7 pm to supervise the rescue operation.
Doctor's team is monitoring the child
Meanwhile, Vidisha ASP Sameer Yadav said that the work to dig parallel to the borewell has been completed. "NDRF will now make a tunnel b/w them. A platform being prepared to keep the child safe after that will the tunnel be made. NDRF says the operation can take another 1.5-2 hours. Doctor's team is monitoring the child," he added.
(with inputs from PTI)
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