Rescue operation to save the life of a Fourteen months-old boy who had fallen into an open borewell in southern India’s Karnataka successful.

This incident took place in Indi taluk in Vijayapura district on April 4.

Visuals showed the glimpses of the rescue operation which was underway to save the child. Rescue officials had lowered a camera as well as oxygen into the borewell so that the child, who was stuck at 15-20 feet inside, could breathe. A screen showed the toddler’s legs which were moving constantly and the officials monitored the child’s movements on the screen. An excavator was also seen digging up a parallel well in an attempt to save the child. After a prolonged struggle, the baby was successfully rescued from the borewell. He was carefully wrapped in a towel and placed onto a stretcher. Officials then carried him out of the ditch they had excavated.