33 hours on, 4-year-old still stuck in a borewell

Mangalore Today News Network

Gurgaon, June 22, 2012: It has been 33 hours since the efforts to have been going on rescue four-year-old Mahi who is stuck in a borewell in Gurgaon. Mahi fell into a borewell in Kho village near Manesar while playing on Thursday night, leading to frantic efforts to rescue her from the 68-feet-deep borewell.

"Mahi was celebrating her fourth birthday and was playing with children outside the home near the borewell when she suddenly fell into it," her father Neeraj said, adding that the incident took place at 11 pm on Thursday.

Her arm was spotted in footage from a CCTV camera that was lowered into the pit but Mahi does not seem to be moving.

 

Oxygen is also being supplied to help the child breathe.

Rescue operations continued through the night to reach the little girl however, efforts to build a parallel shaft to reach her have been hampered because of a layer of stones.

Nearby residents have also been asked to vacate their houses as a precautionary measure while the rescue operation continues.

The child’s father claimed that as soon as his daughter fell in the borewell, he called up the police but they arrived one-and-a-half hour late.

For two hours the child kept crying inside the borewell, asking for help but now she is not responding to any calls, he said.

Meanwhile, Gurgaon’s district magistrate PC Meena has ordered a judicial enquiry to be carried out by Additional Deputy Commissioner to probe into the digging of an illegal borewell.

An FIR under various sections of IPC has been registered against local resident Rotash Tayal, who illegally dug the borewell.

 

Courtesy: CNN-IBN