Boy trapped in 80-foot-deep borewell rescued after 104 hours in Chhattisgarh

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

Janjgir, June 15, 2022: An 11-year-old boy with speech and hearing problems, who fell into a borewell in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir Champa district, was rescued after a 104-hour operation on Tuesday night.

 

Rahul Sahu fell into an 80-feet borewell while playing in the backyard of his house in Pihrid village in Malkharoda development block at around 2 pm on June 10.

The 11-year-old was stuck at a depth of around 60 feet.

A total of over 500 personnel, including National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials, the Army, police and local administration were engaged in the massive rescue operation that started on Friday evening.

 

मुख्यमंत्री श्री @bhupeshbaghel की सतत मॉनिटरिंग में @NDRFHQ, #एसडीआरएफ, @CG_Police, भारतीय सेना और @JanjgirDist ने संयुक्त रूप से कर्तव्यनिष्ठा का पालन करते हुए राहुल को बोरवेल से निकालने का दुष्कर कार्य कर दिखाया। यह ऑपरेशन पूरे देश के लिए मिसाल है। छत्तीसगढ़ ने इतिहास रचा है। pic.twitter.com/l5mOuXrL9b

— CMO Chhattisgarh (@ChhattisgarhCMO) June 14, 2022

This is the longest rescue operation relating to cases of children falling into borewells. In a similar incident in 2006, a boy was rescued after a 50-hour ordeal in Kurukshetra in Haryana.

Rahul’s rescue came as a sigh of relief to the administration with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who had been monitoring the situation since Friday, tweeting: "..with everyone’s prayers and relentless and dedicated efforts of the rescue team, Rahul Sahu has been evacuated safely. I wish that he recovers completely as soon as possible."

आप सबकी दुआओं से हमारा बहादुर राहुल
कुशल हाथों में पहुंच गया है। कुछ देर पहले एम्बुलेंस उसे लेकर @BilaspurDist के अपोलो अस्पताल पहुंच चुकी है। विशेषज्ञ डॉक्टरों की टीम की निगरानी में उसे फिलहाल आई सी यू में रखा गया है। @JanjgirDist#SaveRahulAbhiyaan pic.twitter.com/eQIcLAQsk3

— CMO Chhattisgarh (@ChhattisgarhCMO) June 14, 2022

"His condition is stable and he will recover soon. He is being shifted to Apollo hospital in Bilaspur district in an ambulance under the observation of specialist doctors, for which a green corridor has been created for about 100 km to facilitate speedy movement," Bilaspur Collector Jitendra Shukla said, as quoted by PTI.