Punjab toddler stuck in borewell dies, was pulled out after 110 hrs

After almost five days, the NDRF and other volunteering teams managed to rescue Fatehveer, the two-year-old who was stuck in a borewell in Punjab's Sangrur. Unfortunately, Fatehveer was unable to survive the ordeal.

Sangrur (Punjab): A two-year-old child, who had fallen into a 150-foot-deep unused borewell here while playing, was pulled out of it on Tuesday, but was declared dead shortly after the frantic rescue operation.

The toddler was rushed to a hospital in an ambulance amid police security. Shortly after, the two-year-old was declared dead.

The child was rescued around 5:30 am by National Disaster Response Force personnel, officials said.

The toddler was stuck in the seven-inch wide borewell at a depth of 125 feet.

The only child of his parents who had turned two on Monday, he fell into the borewell in a field when he was playing in Bhagwanpura village around 4 pm on Thursday.

The borewell was covered with a cloth and the boy accidentally stepped on it.

His mother tried to rescue him, but failed, officials said.

A massive rescue operation was launched to bring the child safely out of the borewell.

Officials managed to supply oxygen but no food or water could be provided to him.

A parallel borewell of 36 inches in diameter was dug to rescue the child.

On Monday, there was anger among people against the district administration and the state government over the delay in rescuing Fatehvir.

A large number of people had assembled around the accident site and several of them raised slogans against the government.

Villagers had also held protest and blocked the Sunam-Mansa road.

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