A three-year-old boy slipped and fell into an uncovered borewell more than 200 feet deep at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district on Thursday, and efforts are on to rescue the child, an official said.
A combined team of Indian Army, Air Force and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) assisted by a helicopter are engaged in rescue operations, it said.
The child, identified as Anil Dewasi, is alive, and efforts are underway to rescue him.
Jaipur/Jodhpur:
A four-year-old boy fell into a nearly 90-foot-deep open borewell in a village in Rajasthan s Jalore district on Thursday, police said.
The child, identified as Anil Dewasi, is alive, and efforts are underway to rescue him, they said.
Station House Office (SHO), Sanchore, Praveen Kumar Acharya said the rescue was delayed by a few hours in the absence of required expertise for such an operation.
It began after teams of the National Disaster Response Force and the state disaster relief force reached the spot in Lachhri village, he said, adding that a camera lowered into the borewell located the boy at a depth of 90 feet.