This Article is From Dec 18, 2015

5-Year-Old Boy Falls Into Borewell in Madhya Pradesh; Rescue Operations On

5-Year-Old Boy Falls Into Borewell in Madhya Pradesh; Rescue Operations On

After getting the information, authorities rushed to the spot and launched a rescue-operation.

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh: A five-year-old boy accidentally fell into a 200-foot deep open borewell on Friday at Mundla village at Barnagar tehsil, 55 km from Ujjain, the police said. An operation to rescue the minor has been launched by the authorities.

"Ayush, son of Mahesh Parmar, a labourer, this morning slipped into the borewell while playing and got stuck at 30 feet depth from the ground level," Barnagar police station in charge, Inspector Gopal Parmar told the Press Trust of India.

After getting the information, authorities rushed to the spot and launched a rescue-operation, he said, adding, "Oxygen is being pumped into the borewell."

The rescuers are digging a parallel hole near the borewell in an attempt to pull out the child alive, the Inspector said.
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