Baby falls in borewell in Punjab, army tries rescue (Lead)
June 2nd, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANSBatala, June 2 (IANS) A one-and-half-year old girl fell into a 200 feet deep, two feet wide borewell near Batala town in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district Wednesday. Rescue operations by Indian Army officials to save the child were on in full swing, police said.
Indian Army officials, who reached the spot at Dhira village at around 2 p.m., are being assisted by the local police in this rescue operation.
According to police, Dilrajpreet Kaur accidentally fell into the borewell while playing in the courtyard of her uncle’s house.
“Indian Army officials from Tibri cantonment in Gurdaspur district have reached the village and started the rescue operation,” a police officer, who was present on the spot, told IANS.
“All precautionary measures are being taken while conducting the operation. A medical team has also been called. The child had skidded 29 feet down and so far army officials have dug out land up to 25 feet. It could take another two hours before we finally bring the child out,” he added.
In 2006, five-year-old Prince, who fell into a 53 feet deep and 1.5 feet wide shaft in Shahbad, Haryana, was saved after two days of rescue operations.
Batala town is around 250 km from state capital Chandigarh.
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