Borewell Deaths

Delhi Police on Monday filed an FIR into the death of a man, who fell into a borewell at a sewage treatment plant of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in the Keshopur area of the national capital.

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.

A baby girl, who was pulled out of a borewell in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, was declared dead in hospital on Tuesday evening, a senior official said.

A man was crushed to death while two others were injured after a borewell drilling machine rolled down a road in Dharamshala on Monday, police said.

An eight-year-old, who fell into a 55-feet-deep borewell in Mandavi village in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh on December 6, died after he was pulled out following a rescue operation, said the Betul District Administration on Saturday.

A 3-year-old girl died after falling into a borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Saturday, a police official said.

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.

The Tamil Nadu government was taken to task today by the Madras High Court following the death of a two-year-old boy who fell in a borewell four days ago. The body of Sujith Wilson was recovered today after an 82-hour rescue effort. The state government has been accused of losing precious time following a trial and error method.

DMK chief MK Stalin, who is the leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly, today attacked the state government over the death of two-year-old who fell into an abandoned borewell in Tiruchirappalli district on Friday and was found dead this morning. Amid attacks, Chief Minister K Palaniswami has said "several efforts" were made to save the child.

Two-year-old Sujith Wilson, who fell into an abandoned borewell in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district on Friday, was found dead, his body decomposing, early this morning after 82 hours of non-stop rescue efforts.

A four-year-old boy fell into a borewell in Punjab and remained stuck there for hours. This fresh incident comes days after Fatehveer Singh, a two-year-old boy died after he was stuck inside a borewell for nearly 110 hours in Punjab's Sangrur.

Following the death of a two-year-old boy, who was stuck in a 150-feet deep borewell in Punjab for nearly 109 hours, about 45 open borewells in the state have been sealed to avoid more incidents.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today condoled the death of a two-year-old boy in a borewell accident, and said that he has ordered the closure of all such open structures across the state with immediate effect. The announcement came amid allegations of the government botching up rescue operations.

The death of a two-year-old boy who fell in a borewell has triggered huge protests in Punjab's Sangrur district. Roads in many parts of the district have been blocked. What has angered the people is that the boy was pulled out of the borewell, tied in strings, even though a parallel tunnel was dug by the rescue team. Akali leader Sukhbir Badal has ...

Two labourers, one of them a teenager, died allegedly after they got stuck in a 40-feet deep borewell which they had entered without any safety measures, police said.

Delhi Police on Monday filed an FIR into the death of a man, who fell into a borewell at a sewage treatment plant of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in the Keshopur area of the national capital.

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.

A baby girl, who was pulled out of a borewell in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, was declared dead in hospital on Tuesday evening, a senior official said.

A man was crushed to death while two others were injured after a borewell drilling machine rolled down a road in Dharamshala on Monday, police said.

An eight-year-old, who fell into a 55-feet-deep borewell in Mandavi village in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh on December 6, died after he was pulled out following a rescue operation, said the Betul District Administration on Saturday.

A 3-year-old girl died after falling into a borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Saturday, a police official said.

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.

The Tamil Nadu government was taken to task today by the Madras High Court following the death of a two-year-old boy who fell in a borewell four days ago. The body of Sujith Wilson was recovered today after an 82-hour rescue effort. The state government has been accused of losing precious time following a trial and error method.

DMK chief MK Stalin, who is the leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly, today attacked the state government over the death of two-year-old who fell into an abandoned borewell in Tiruchirappalli district on Friday and was found dead this morning. Amid attacks, Chief Minister K Palaniswami has said "several efforts" were made to save the child.

Two-year-old Sujith Wilson, who fell into an abandoned borewell in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district on Friday, was found dead, his body decomposing, early this morning after 82 hours of non-stop rescue efforts.

A four-year-old boy fell into a borewell in Punjab and remained stuck there for hours. This fresh incident comes days after Fatehveer Singh, a two-year-old boy died after he was stuck inside a borewell for nearly 110 hours in Punjab's Sangrur.

Following the death of a two-year-old boy, who was stuck in a 150-feet deep borewell in Punjab for nearly 109 hours, about 45 open borewells in the state have been sealed to avoid more incidents.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today condoled the death of a two-year-old boy in a borewell accident, and said that he has ordered the closure of all such open structures across the state with immediate effect. The announcement came amid allegations of the government botching up rescue operations.

The death of a two-year-old boy who fell in a borewell has triggered huge protests in Punjab's Sangrur district. Roads in many parts of the district have been blocked. What has angered the people is that the boy was pulled out of the borewell, tied in strings, even though a parallel tunnel was dug by the rescue team. Akali leader Sukhbir Badal has ...

Two labourers, one of them a teenager, died allegedly after they got stuck in a 40-feet deep borewell which they had entered without any safety measures, police said.