Agra: 24 hrs later 2-yr-old still stuck in borewell
Just in: Two-and-a-half-year-old Sonu, who fell into a 150-foot-deep borewell near here while playing, has been trapped inside for the past 24 hours. Rescue operations continued through Thursday, Oct 9 night and Friday, Oct 10 morning without any concrete results.
Sonu
has
so
far
not
responded
to
calls
or
shown
any
sign
of
activity.
Soldiers
of
the
Indian
Army,
led
by
Captain
Rajesh
and
a
team
of
doctors
along
with
district
officials
are
continuing
the
rescue
operation
in
Leharkapura
village
near
Agra.
The
administration
has
provided
excavators,
flood
lights
and
a
large
posse
of
policemen.
Anil
Kumar
said
that
the
rescue
operation
will
be
over
by
Friday,
Oct
10
evening.
5:22
PM
10/10/2008
Agra, Oct 10: Sonu a two-and-a-half-year-old boy fell into a 150-foot borewell in Shamshabad district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, Oct 9, four months after Vandana, a two-year-old girl was rescued by the Army from similar borewell in the same district following a marathon 26-hour mission.
Police claimed Sonu, who fell into the borewell while playing with other kids around 10 am, is stuck somewhere in the middle of the open well of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam at Leharkapura village, 30 km from Agra. Army personnel have taken over the rescue operation. A parallel pit is being dug and oxygen being supplied through a pipeline to keep the boy alive. A team of medical professionals are also camping at the site.
Sources said the Army personnel are using the same techniques which saved Vandana. A large crowd has gathered at the site. A posse of TV cameramen and journalists are also camping at the site.
The borewell is just one foot in diameter and it's impossible for a man to go down into it. Reports say that the boy's voice could not be heard after about 90 minutes of his fall, the time when he was crying. Sonu has also not been responding to his mother who has been calling out for him.
However,
drawing
attention
to
a
similar
occurence
of
Prince
who
was
rescued
in
2006,
close
to
two
days
after
falling
into
a
borewell
in
Kurukshetra,
the
official
are
not
leaving
any
stone
unturned
in
their
rescue
mission.
10:24
AM
10/10/2008
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