A 75-year-old woman was rescued from a manhole at Tarasundari Road in Old Town here on Friday morning - about ten hours after she fell into it.
The victim, identified as Dukhi Jethi, was admitted to the Capital Hospital here for treatment.
According to reports, the woman fell inside the 15-feet-deep manhole at about 8 pm on Thursday. She had to spend the entire night in it as no one noticed the incident.
locals heard her screaming for help from the manhole on Friday morning and informed police about it, following which fire service personnel reached the spot and rescued her.
“We were informed about the incident by the Control Room at 7.20 am.
We rushed to the spot with a team, entered into the manhole using a ladder and rescued her. She had sustained injuries on her head.
We admitted her to the Capital Hospital, where her condition was stated to be stable,” a fire official said.