Watch: 3-Yr-Old Boy Rescued After Falling Into 40-Feet Borewell In Bihar’s Nalanda

The children, who were playing with little Shivam before he fell into the borewell, informed his parents after which the rescue operation was launched.

Nalanda, Bihar: A 3-year-old boy, who fell into a 40-ft borewell in Kul village in Bihar’s Nalanda district on Sunday, was pulled out alive by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel. Teams from the NDRF, which were deployed at the site, led the rescue mission that lasted a few hours.

“The boy has been rescued and is doing fine. He was rushed to a hospital. It took us about 5 hours to pull him out alive,” Ranjeet Kumar, an NDRF officer, said. Officials informed further that the rescued 3-year-old was identified as Shivam Kumar.

#WATCH | Bihar: The child who fell into a borewell in Kul village in Nalanda has been rescued. More details are awaited. https://t.co/G6FW8RDIJJ pic.twitter.com/KQouMHkffD

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Further, according to officials, a farmer dug the borewell and left it uncovered, resulting in the incident The children, who were playing with little Shivam before he fell into the borewell, informed his parents after which the rescue operation was launched.

JCB machines or earthmovers were deployed in the operation, which focussed on providing oxygen support to the child and rescuing him.

Further details are awaited.

Toddler rescued from borewell in MP’s Vidisha, dies

Recently, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, who fell into a 20-foot-deep borewell in Kajari Barkheda village in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha, was declared dead by doctors after being rescued.

“The two-and-a-half-year-old girl who was rescued from a borewell in Kajari Barkheda village has passed away”, CMHO Dr Yogesh Tiwari had told ANI at the time.

According to Sameer Yadav, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Vidisha,” The incident occurred on Tuesday (July 18), around 11 am when the toddler was playing in the backyard of Inder Singh’s house and somehow fell into the 20-foot-deep borewell.”

Following the information, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) reached the spot and carried out the rescue operation, said the police official. Meanwhile, locals also assisted NDRF in the rescue operation.

2-yr-old dies after rescue from 300-ft borewell

Earlier, in a similar incident, a two-and-a-half-year-old toddler lost her life after falling into a 300-feet-deep borewell in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district on June 6. Despite rescue efforts, the girl successfully rescued was later pronounced dead due to suffocation.

The deceased, Shrishti Kushwaha, died and her body was pulled out in a decomposed state after  gruelling rescue operation that involved both State and national forces.

She had fallen into the 300 feet deep borewell located inside a farm while playing in the Mungavali village under Mandi police station limits of Sehore district.

Reacting to the incident, Sehore Superintendent of Police (SP) Mayank Awasthi had said, “It is an unfortunate incident and action is being taken as per statutory rules. We have registered an FIR against the farm owner and the one who dug the borewell. We have registered a case under sections 188, 308 and 304.”

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