Operation to rescue 2-yr-old stuck in borewell in ‘final stage’

Sangrur (Pb): Nearly 70 hours after two-year-old Fatehvir Singh fell into a 150-foot-deep borewell in Punjab’s Sangrur district, officials Sunday said the operation to rescue him is in its “final stage”.
Fatehvir fell into the unused borewell in a field while he was playing near his house around 4 pm Thursday, officials said.
The seven-inch-wide borewell was covered with a cloth and the boy accidentally stepped on it. His mother tried to rescue him, but failed.
“The rescue operation is going on and is in its final stage. It is expected to be completed today,” Sangrur Deputy Commissioner Ganshyam Thori said.
No food could be provided to the child, who has been unconscious after he fell into the borewell, he said, adding that oxygen is being supplied to him.
On Saturday morning, officials, who were monitoring the boy’s condition through camera, had said some movements of the child were noticed.
Thori said that the entire rescue operation is being carried out under his supervision and it was quite challenging as there are a lot of technical issues involved.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has also deputed an officer who specialises in operations to rescue children stuck in borewells, the DC said.
The toddler is said to be stuck at a depth of 125 feet and a team of NDRF personnel and army experts, assisted by police, civil authorities, villagers and volunteers, are carrying out the rescue operations.
To retrieve Fatehvir, a parallel borewell is said to have been dug by installing reinforced cement concrete (RCC) pipes of nearly 30 inches in diameter. (PTI)