New Delhi: A five-year-old boy, who was pulled out from a 150-feet-deep borewell after a rigorous 56-hour operation, has died. The little boy was taken to a hospital through a green corridor in an unconscious state. However, he was declared dead.
The rescue team had to encounter a series of challenges. The water level was estimated to be around 160 feet. Due to the steam underground, the team was failed to get a clear picture through a camera lowered in the borewell. Safety concerns for the rescue staff was also a major concern.
Aryan accidentally fell into the open borewell while he was playing in a field in Kalikhad village in Rajasthan’s Dausa around 3 pm on Monday. An hour later, the operation to rescue him started. A parallel pit was dug using drilling machines to reach the boy. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Relief (SDRF) personnel swung into action and carried out their gruelling exercise round the clock to pull out Aryan safely.
#WATCH | Rajasthan: 5-year-old boy taken out from a borewell after a 3-day-long rescue operation, in Dausa.
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The rescue operation
During the rescue operation, oxygen was supplied to the boy via a pipe throughout. The rescue teams also tried to monitor the boy’s movements through a camera inserted into the borewell, but it was all very hazy.
On Tuesday, the XCMG 180 piling rig machine was pressed into service to dig a 150-foot deep tunnel near the borewell to save the child. Even as they dug a parallel tunnel to reach the trapped child, NDRF personnel had said there were a host of challenges they were facing in the operation.
While the operation was in progress, NDRF commandant Yogesh Kumar said: “The challenge is that we can go up to 150 feet and not beyond that. NDRF rescuers will go down with protective equipment to rescue the child.”
In September this year, a two-year-old girl was saved from a 35-foot open borewell in the Bandikui area of Dausa, after 18 hours of gruelling rescue operation by NDRF and SDRF. The girl was stuck at a depth of 28 feet, and a parallel tunnel was dug to rescue her.
