Telangana: 3 year old boy dies after falling into 120 ft open borewell
Hyderabad, May 28: A three-year-old child died in Medak district of Telangana after falling into a 120 feet deep borewell.
The child fell into the newly dug borewell on Wednesday night.
Authorities launched a massive rescue operation in the Podchanpalli area of the district to save the child's life but failed to do so as his body was recovered on Thursday morning.
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The
child,
identified
as
Sai
Vardhan,
was
found
17
feet
deep
inside
the
borewell.
Collector
of
Medak,
K
Dharma
Reddy
said,
"There
were
three
borewells
dug
without
permission.
Necessary
action
will
be
taken."
The tragic incident took place at around 5 pm in an agriculture field located in Papannapet Mandal of the district when the boy was walking with his grandfather and father, a police official told PTI.
Telangana: Body of the 3-year-old boy Sai Vardhan, who fell into a borewell y'day in Medak, found 17 feet deep inside it. His body has been taken to a hospital. Collector, Medak, K Dharma Reddy says, "There were 3 borewells dug without permission. Necessary action will be taken." https://t.co/L8xb4nYPTv pic.twitter.com/Wvz3bFKD3L
— ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2020
The boy was supplied oxygen to the 120 feet open borewell by NDRF team which reached the spot to rescue the boy.
The
team
also
pressed
earth
excavation
machines
into
service
to
dig
around
it.
Initially,
the
family
members
tried
to
pull
the
child
up
with
the
help
of
a
sari
but
failed.
The family of the child dug three borewells on Tuesday night to find water for their fields.
The borewell into which the child fell was among these three.
But none of them yielded any water, police said.