After a gruelling seven-hour operation, Fire Services personnel rescued a three-year girl, who had fallen into a borewell at Gulasar village under the Handapa police station in the district on Monday.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in their Tweets congratulated the Fire Service personnel for the successful operation.
Fire Services DG BK Sharma informed that fire personnel from Bamur and Angul carried out the rescue operation. “A parallel hole of 15-feet depth was dug six feet from the bore-well. Then, a tunnel was dug to connect to the bore-well,” said Sharma.
Sharma further said that after opening the tunnel, a fireman reached the spot and rescued the kid, who was rushed to the Angul hospital, where doctors said her condition was stable.
Meanwhile, Angul district Collector Anil Samal said he has ordered the Odisha lift Irrigation Corporation to probe who had dug the bore-well.
Earlier in the morning, Santosh Sahu’s daughter Radha had fallen into the bore-well while she was playing. Villagers informed the Fire Brigade and the police. ODRAF personnel with sophisticated equipments were also rushed from Cuttack to help in the operation.