A three-year-old child, who fell into a borewell in Rajasthan’s Kotputli 10 days ago, has finally been rescued after more than five unsuccessful attempts. Chetna was immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Hospital officials said he is currently stable, but his condition will continue to be monitored. Chetna was trapped in a 700 feet borewell in Badiyali ki Dhani of Kiratpura village of Kotputli.
She fell while playing on the afternoon of 23 December. About 10 minutes later, the family heard the girl crying and found her trapped in the borewell. National and State Disaster Relief Force immediately arrived with a medical team and efforts are underway to save him.
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Oxygen was supplied to the girl through a pipe and after initial attempts to pull her up failed, the rescue team began digging. But the tunnel they dug turned out to be in the wrong direction.
In the last few hours, neither food nor oxygen could be provided to him and his condition became critical. Rescue took place in time.
Collector Kalpana Aggarwal said that the borewell was tilted after a certain depth, which led to mistakes. Eventually experts from Delhi and Jaipur Metro were called in to assist the rescue teams.
Initially, it was estimated that the tunnel would require 8 feet width, but this was later increased to 12 feet to facilitate operation.
Chetna’s grandfather Dayaram praised the tireless efforts of the administration and the rescue team who worked tirelessly in the harsh winter. He urged the authorities to cover open borewells to prevent similar tragedies in future.