Stuck In Rajasthan Borewell For 10 Days, 3-Year-Old Dies Hours After Rescue

A three-year-old child who fell into a borewell in Rajasthan's Kotputli 10 days ago, died shortly after she was rescued. Chetna, who was rescued after five failed attempts, was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for medical attention. Hospital authorities said during examination, they found her dead. .

The hospital's medical officer Dr Chetanya Rawat said: "She was brought in and immediately moved to the emergency room, where a special bed was set up for examination. After the doctors performed a procedure, they confirmed the child was no longer alive. The body was then transferred to the morgue. The postmortem  examination has been completed as per the collector's orders."

Chetna was stuck in a 700-feet borewell in Badiyali ki Dhani of Kiratpura village of Kotputli.

She had fallen in on the afternoon of December 23, while playing. About 10 minutes later, the family heard the girl crying and found her stuck in the borewell.

The national and state Disaster Relief Forces reached immediately with a medical team and efforts have been on since to rescue her.

Oxygen was supplied to the girl through a pipe  and after initial efforts to pull her up failed, the rescue teams started digging. But the tunnel they dug turned out to be in the wrong direction. 

Over the last few hours, neither food not oxygen could be provided to her and her condition became critical. The rescue came in the nick of time.

Collector Kalpana Agarwal explained that the borewell was tilted after a certain depth, which led to mistakes.

Finally, experts from Delhi and Jaipur Metro were called in to assist the rescue teams.

Initially, the tunnel was estimated to require an 8-foot width but was later expanded to 12 feet to facilitate the operation.

Dayaram, Chetna's grandfather, praised the relentless efforts of the administration and rescue teams, who worked tirelessly in the harsh winter. He urged authorities to cover open borewells to prevent similar tragedies in the future.