Child rescued after falling into borewell in northern India
by Komal KashyapA child was rescued after he fell into a 40-foot-deep borewell in northern India’s Bihar.
This happened in Kul village of Nalanda district on July 23.
Visuals showed the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel at work as they rescued the three-year-old boy. The officials surrounded the borewell in which the child had fallen into and then pulled him with loud cheers from the others. The boy, covered in mud after being rescued, had his face wiped with a piece of cloth. According to a report, a farmer had dug the borewell and left it uncovered and this boy, identified as Shivam Kumar, fell into it while playing.
“After hours of effort, the NDRF officials were able to save the trapped boy and he was given medical assistance after being saved. The boy has been rescued and is doing fine. He was rushed to a hospital. It took us about 5 hours to pull him out alive,” NDRF officer Ranjeet Kumar said.
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