Two-year-old rescued from borewell after 27 hrs
Published: March 26, 2008
A two-year-old child who fell into a 45-feet borewell at Tehri near Agra in India, has been rescued, according to sources. The girl, Vandana, was rescued after Army and locals, after she had spent 27 hours in the well.
Rescue operations were on all day, with the Army and locals trying to get to Vandana.
Vandana was playing with her friends close to a borewell on Tuesday evening when she slipped and fell into it.
A JCD bulldozer and earth movers were being used to dig a borewell parallel to the one Vandana fell into. After that, a tunnel about 5-feet long would have to be dug to connect the two wells - a crucial task fraught with risk since the tunnel would have to bear the weight of the huge column of soil above and could easily collapse.
Food and glucose water were sent into the well all day to ensure she did not dehydrate, according to Mukesh Meshram, district magistrate of the area.
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