Rescue operation to save a four-year-old child who fell into a 40-foot deep open borewell in Dewas district, continued since Saturday afternoon.
The incident was reported from Umriya village, where the child Roshan, son of farm labourer Bhim Singh, fell in the bore-well. locals said the boy fell into the borewell around noon while he was playing in the area. Villagers who heard his cries for help, informed the authorities about it.
A rescue team with doctors and an ambulance was sent from the district headquarters Dewas, which is around 110 km away. The bore-well where the boy fell had been dug in the farm of one Hiralal few weeks ago. The digging had not been completed and the water level had not been reached.
A large crowd quickly gathered around the site where the rescue mission was in progress. Police have also been deployed in the area to the control crowd and ensure smooth rescue operation. The rescue operations stared around 1 pm. The rescue team has also placed a pipe deep into the bore-well to pump oxygen to enable the child to breathe normally. Another pipe to supply water to the child was also lowered into the bore-well. Three poclain machines are being used to dig near the bore-well.
Collector Dewas Ashish Singh, who was on the spot, said they had sought help of military and state disaster response force to rescue the child. “A rescue team of military led by a major is on way to Dewas from Bhopal. A team of SDRF is also on way to Dewas.