Five-year-old Deependra Yadav, who fell into an open borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district at around 2 pm on Wednesday, 29 June, was rescued successfully at around 10 pm.
The child is being accompanied by the parents to the hospital for medical checkup. Prima facie, the child seemed well, officials said as people cheered.
"All your blessings have bore fruit. Due to the prayers of the people of the state and the relentless efforts of the the district administration and rescue team, Deependra, who was trapped in the borewell, has been rescued safely. Deependra is completely healthy. At present, he is kept under the supervision of doctors,"tweeted chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's office.
Rescue operations were launched after the boy, Deependra Yadav of Patharpur village under Orchha police station limits in Chhatarpur district, fell into an open borewell in the afternoon.
The incident is said to have occurred while Deependra was playing in the field where a borewell was lying open.
Deependra was suddenly nowhere to be found and the family got worried. After searching for a while in the field, they heard the sound of a crying kid. They rushed towards the sound to find Deependra stuck inside the borewell.
The family quickly alerted the district officials who reached the spot and initiated the rescue operations.
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The Chhatarpur district administration, along with a 27-member team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) called in from Lucknow, State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDRF) teams from Jabalpur and Sagar, and a unit of Army personnel joined the rescue operations.
An earlier message from home department of Madhya Pradesh read that a parallel tunnel was being dug and then a connecting tunnel would be further dug to rescue Deependra.
GR Sandeep, Collector, Chhatarpur said:
The kid is stuck 30 feet inside the borewell, and we are digging a pit parallel to the borewell to rescue him. We have also ensured oxygen supply to the kid so that there are no medical complications. And other teams have been deployed for crowd management and the borewell has been secured.
Rashmi Yadav, the mother of Deependra, said that the borewell was dug last year and it was left open, mostly covered by bushes, when there was no water found.
Due to some work in the field, the bushes were removed and the kid, while playing in the field, fell into it.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also spoke to Rashmi, mother of the child, and informed her of the rescue attempts. Chouhan consoled the family and promised full support in the rescue operations.
(with inputs from Jai Prakash)
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