On Friday, a six-year old boy fell into a borewell or water hole in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh with the rescue operations being currently underway after he was found and is supplied with oxygen to keep him alive in the well.
How did the Incident Occured?
The police stated that the incident occurred around 3:30 pm in the Manika Village near the Uttar Pradesh border when the boy identified as Mayur was seen playing with his friends on a harvested wheat crops field and fell into an open borewell.
The boy’s friends tried to help him to get him out of the well but failed.
Anil Sonkar, the Additional Superintendent of Rewa Police in Madhya Pradesh stated that the well is around 70 feet in depth and the boy is struck at the depth of 40 feet.
Additional Superintendent of Rewa On this Situation
The police stated that a combine team of State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) and National Disaster Response Force( NDRF) is called into service to rescue the boy from the well as soon as possible.
The Superintendent of Rewa Police Anil Sonkar stated that ‘As soon as we received information, the station in charge and SDM reached the spot…All senior officials are present on the spot and rescue work is going on. Two JCBs, a team of cameramen, and an SDRF team are carrying out the rescue. An NDRF team was also dispatched from Banaras.’
He further stated that the ‘Unseasonal rains have also affected the rescue operation…All efforts are underway.’
Madhya Pradesh’s Police on the Current Situation Of the 6-Year Old Boy
The police further said about the current situation in which they stated that they are supplying oxygen through a pipe to the child who was struck into a 70-foot depth borewell.
The police stated that a CCTV camera is also lowered to track the situation and the condition of the boy inside the well.
Pratibha Pal, the collector of Rewa posted a video on his official X Page which shows the officials are trying to locate the boy inside the well wiht the help of a CCTV camera.
मनका गांव में बोरवेल में गिरे छः वर्षीय मयंक को बचाने प्रशासन द्वारा किया जा रहा हर मुमकिन प्रयास।#JansamparkMP pic.twitter.com/j4KQM7ixQx
— Collector Rewa (@RewaCollector) April 12, 2024
Due to this situation, two excavators have also been called into service as part of this ongoing rescue service a parallel pit has been dug so that the 6-year-old boy is rescued safely from the well.
Another Similar Situation that happened In Karnataka
However, this is not the first time it happened in Madhya Pradesh but it also happened way before in Vijaypura city of Karnataka.
The incident occurred near the Lachayan village of Indi taluk in Karnataka’s Vijayapura in April. A two-year-old boy named Satvik was rescued in a similar situation after he fell into an open well nearby.
The officials stated that the operation required the use of heavy machinery like JCBs, Hitachi equipment, and tractors, to dig through approximately 20 feet to reach the trapped child.
During the rescue, the workers could hear the crying of the two-year-old Satvik Satish Mujagond. After he had been rescued, celebrations erupted after the infant who had been trapped at a depth of 16 feet inside the borewell was brought out safely and was quickly transported to the ambulance where a medical team was stationed for the situation.
In this Madhya Pradesh situation, oxygen was supplied through a pipe to the two-year-old boy so he could breathe in the well, and also specialised CCTV cameras were also used to monitor the situation of the child struck inside the well.
