A child fell into a borewell in Rajasthan's Sirohi. The incident was reported from Chhibagaon village of Sirohi in the state. The police have reached the spot as soon as the incident was reported.
A 5-year-old girl, identified as Shivani fell into a 50-feet-deep borewell in Haryana's Karnal on Sunday. The child was pulled out of the borewell and was rushed to the hospital, where she was declared dead. According to the NDRF team, the child was stuck in an upside-down position and her leg was visible to the NDRF team.
Rescuers early on Tuesday pulled out the decomposed and mangled body of Sujith Wilson from deep inside the unused borewell, after a futile 80-hour attempt to save the child who had fallen in while playing near his house in Nadukattupatti in Tiruchirappalli.
The public suit has sought directions from the apex court to order the concerned authorities to take proper measures to avoid such a situation in future.
More than six crews from the NDRF, as well as the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), were deployed to rescue the two-year-old.
Sujith Wilson's fight against time ended in the early hours of Tuesday as his dead body was retrieved from the borewell in a decomposed state. 80-hour long rescue operation was not enough to save the life of the 2-year-old kid who had fallen into an abandoned borewell on Friday at 5:30 pm.
The boy fell into the borewell at around 5.30 p.m. on Friday and got stuck at 30 feet. Late at night, he fell further down to about 100 feet.
The boy fell into the borewell at about 5.30 p.m on Friday in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district. He got stuck at 30 feet. Later, he went further down and got stuck at about 100 feet.
Rescue teams have started digging a 110-feet deep hole in a bid to rescue Sujith who is trapped 100 feel below ground level.
Initially, earthmoving equipments were pressed into service to dig a pit near the borewell to reach the boy. But it was stopped midway as the terrain was rocky.
More than 100 open borewells have been closed in various districts of Punjab on the directions of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh after the death of a two-year-old boy.
In the past, there have been a number of cases wherein children have fallen into open borewells and massive rescue operations to save them have been undertaken. Mentioned below are some of the cases when children have fallen into borewells.
The newly-laid 36-inch-diameter parallel shaft was used to make passage to the child, who was stuck at a depth of 110 feet in the borewell that has a nine-inch diameter.
The child stumbled into the borewell that was covered with cement bags at around 4 p.m. on June 6, according to his mother Gagandeep Kaur.
The incident of a two-year-old falling in a borewell has again brought to fore the dangers posed by uncovered borewells, which have turned into death traps for children.
Fatehvir Singh, who would turn three next week, fell into the unused borewell in a field while he was playing near his house at around 4 pm Thursday, district officials said.
A two-year-old boy fell into an over 150-foot-deep borewell in a field near his house in Punjab's Sangrur district Thursday, officials said.
"When pulled out with the help of police and fire department personnel, the duo remained unconscious and were rushed to a hospital where they were declared dead," a police official said.
As soon as the news of the incident was received, local authorities rushed to the spot to rescue the child.
NDRF successfully rescues a 5-year-old kid trapped in 108-feet borewell in Mathura. He will stay admitted for the night and will be released tomorrow.
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