Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh): A 2-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Kajaria Barkheda village in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district on Tuesday morning died at a hospital here after she was pulled out after around 8 hours of operation.
The girl identified as Asmita was declared dead in hospital on Tuesday evening, a senior official said. After being rescued from the borewell, the girl was rushed to a hospital in Sironj town where doctors declared her dead after examination, sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Harshal Choudhary said. The incident occurred at Kajari Barkheda village, some 90km from the district headquarters.
Earlier, sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP) Lalit Singh Dangur said the toddler fell into the borewell at around 10 am while playing outside her home. Minister for Medical Education Vishvas Sarang, who is also in-charge of the district, directed officials to immediately launch a rescue operation.
A police official said the borewell was about 20 feet deep. The girl was playing outside her home when she fell into it. The other children playing with her alerted the family who in turn alerted the cops. "We received information about a girl falling into a borewell in Vidisha. Our team reached the spot and initiated rescue operations," said Vidisha Additional Superintendent of Police Sameer.
Around 5 pm, the NDRF team after hours of digging around the area reached the exact spot where the child was trapped. Oxygen was immediately arranged for her. Due to lack of light, the rescue operation had to be stopped for some time. Parallel to the borewell, JCB arrangements were arranged at the local level and around 16 feet pit was dug at a distance of 5 feet from the borewell.
The rescue team were finally able to reach and pull out the child by around 5 pm. The baby was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital however she was declared dead by the doctors. It may be recalled that earlier in March this year, a 7-year-old boy had fallen into a borewell after he was chased by a group of monkeys in the same district. He was stuck in the borewell for over 24 hours when the rescue team's marathon efforts in his extraction fructified. The team rushed the boy to a government hospital in an ambulance but doctors declared the boy dead on arrival.
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