Borewell Accident News

Mahi fell into an open borewell in a field on Tuesday evening and was rescued by a team of experts who dug a parallel pit to a depth of about 25 feet.

The operations are still underway to rescue Lokesh, the eight-year-old who fell into 60-feet deep borewell on Tuesday at Kher Khedi village of Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, said officials.

Rescue operation to save an eight-year-old boy who remains stuck at 55-feet of a 400-feet deep borewell in Mandavi village of Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, has now surpassed 38 hours on Thursday, an official said.

A 12-year-old boy was successfully rescued after he had fallen nearly 100 feet down in a bore-well in a village here in Jalore district on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre, states and Union Territories (UTs) to respond to a plea seeking action against authorities for failing to prevent children from falling into abandoned or open bore wells and dying across the country.

Three days after a four-year-old girl, Mahi, died trapped in a borewell at Kasan village in Gurgaon district, two people were held for illegally digging a borewell near it, Haryana Police said.

Mahi fell into an open borewell in a field on Tuesday evening and was rescued by a team of experts who dug a parallel pit to a depth of about 25 feet.

The operations are still underway to rescue Lokesh, the eight-year-old who fell into 60-feet deep borewell on Tuesday at Kher Khedi village of Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, said officials.

Rescue operation to save an eight-year-old boy who remains stuck at 55-feet of a 400-feet deep borewell in Mandavi village of Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, has now surpassed 38 hours on Thursday, an official said.

A 12-year-old boy was successfully rescued after he had fallen nearly 100 feet down in a bore-well in a village here in Jalore district on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre, states and Union Territories (UTs) to respond to a plea seeking action against authorities for failing to prevent children from falling into abandoned or open bore wells and dying across the country.

Three days after a four-year-old girl, Mahi, died trapped in a borewell at Kasan village in Gurgaon district, two people were held for illegally digging a borewell near it, Haryana Police said.