Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Hans has said the legal heirs of the persons who had lost their lives due to Covid-19 would be compensated Rs 50,000 (ex gratia) by the government.
A six-year-old boy on Sunday fell into a 100-foot-deep borewell while being chased by stray dogs at Khiala Bulanda village near Bairampur here, said officials.
The nine-inch-wide borewell shaft was covered with a jute bag and could not withstand the weight of the 6-year-old boy and gave in, causing him to fall into the borewell on Sunday morning in Punjab.
The six-year-old boy who was pulled out on Sunday from a 100-foot-deep abandoned borewell in a village in Punjab s Hoshiarpur district after eight-hours rescue operation died, authorities said.The child, Hritik, was immediately rushed to the .
A six-year-old boy, who fell into a 300-foot-deep borewell on Sunday, died though he was taken out of it after a seven-hour-long rescue operation at Khiala Bulanda village near Bairampur here.