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Punjab tragedy: Day-by-day account of Fatehveer's rescue op

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Published : Jun 11, 2019, 9:47 PM IST

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

Punjab tragedy: Day-by-day account of Fatehveer's rescue op

Fatehveer Singh

Sangrur: A two-year-old boy Fatehveer Singh, who was stuck in a 150-feet deep borewell in Punjab for nearly 110 hours, was declared dead after he was pulled out of the borewell on Tuesday.

Fatehveer Singh was pulled out of the borewell after 110 hrs

Here is a day-by-day account of what transpired:

Day 1 (June 6):

At around 4 pm on June 6, Fatehveer Singh accidentally slipped into the borewell while playing
A team of NDRF and Army experts, assisted by the police, civil authorities, villagers and volunteers, started the rescue operation
Through a camera, the child was spotted inside the borewell and oxygen supply was provided
JCB machines were pressed into service to dig earth around the borewell
In the night, the NDRF team tied the hand of the child with a rope, but he could only be pulled up to three-four feet and was stuck again

Day 2 (June 7):

On the morning of June 7, the NDRF team decided to install 36-inch pipes in the vicinity of the borewell to rescue him, since more digging would have caused damage in the vicinity
Fatehveer Singh

Day 3 (June 8):

At around 5 am on June 8, a movement in Fatehveer's body was noticed
Digging continued on the parallel 36-inch diameter borewell, and was 45-50 feet away from the desired spot
Digging was being done manually as mechanical digging would have lead to caving in of nearby portions of earth

Day 4 (June 9):

A technical snag on the morning of June 9 hit the operation. Digging was stalled for close to four hours
Digging reached around 105-feet deep, and close to 20 feet still remained to be dug up

Day 5 (June 10):

There was no official confirmation about the health of Fatehveer, even as rescue operations continued on June 10, his birthday. He turned three

Day 6 (June 11):

Fatehveer was finally pulled out at about 5:30 am on the morning of June 11
He was taken to PGI Chandigarh for treatment. However, he was declared 'brought dead'
The state had a chopper on standby near the site, but the child was taken to a hospital about 140 km from the village by road

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

Sangrur: A two-year-old boy Fatehveer Singh, who was stuck in a 150-feet deep borewell in Punjab for nearly 110 hours, was declared dead after he was pulled out of the borewell on Tuesday.

Fatehveer Singh was pulled out of the borewell after 110 hrs

Here is a day-by-day account of what transpired:

Day 1 (June 6):

At around 4 pm on June 6, Fatehveer Singh accidentally slipped into the borewell while playing
A team of NDRF and Army experts, assisted by the police, civil authorities, villagers and volunteers, started the rescue operation
Through a camera, the child was spotted inside the borewell and oxygen supply was provided
JCB machines were pressed into service to dig earth around the borewell
In the night, the NDRF team tied the hand of the child with a rope, but he could only be pulled up to three-four feet and was stuck again

Day 2 (June 7):

On the morning of June 7, the NDRF team decided to install 36-inch pipes in the vicinity of the borewell to rescue him, since more digging would have caused damage in the vicinity
Fatehveer Singh

Day 3 (June 8):

At around 5 am on June 8, a movement in Fatehveer's body was noticed
Digging continued on the parallel 36-inch diameter borewell, and was 45-50 feet away from the desired spot
Digging was being done manually as mechanical digging would have lead to caving in of nearby portions of earth

Day 4 (June 9):

A technical snag on the morning of June 9 hit the operation. Digging was stalled for close to four hours
Digging reached around 105-feet deep, and close to 20 feet still remained to be dug up

Day 5 (June 10):

There was no official confirmation about the health of Fatehveer, even as rescue operations continued on June 10, his birthday. He turned three

Day 6 (June 11):

Fatehveer was finally pulled out at about 5:30 am on the morning of June 11
He was taken to PGI Chandigarh for treatment. However, he was declared 'brought dead'
The state had a chopper on standby near the site, but the child was taken to a hospital about 140 km from the village by road

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

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