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5-year-old child falls into borewell in Rajasthan's Alwar district, rescued safely

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Rajasthan: A five-year-old child, who fell into a 40-feet deep borewell in Kanwada village in Laxmangarh area of Alwar district on Tuesday, was rescued safely, police said.

The child fell into the borewell next to the well around 10:00 am and was rescued safely after a struggle that lasted for about three hours, the police informed.

The local administration along with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and a team of doctors reached the spot and rescued the child safely.

After rescuing the child, he was taken to a government hospital in Laxmangarh and he is fine, Alwar's Additional Superintendent of Police, Dr Priyanka told "After receiving the information, the rescue team reached the spot and the villagers at the local level also cooperated which helped in the recovery of the child.

He was taken in an ambulance to the government hospital in Laxmangarh."

The boy was taken out after a 45-hour-long rescue operation but the rescue teams couldn't save his life.

Additional SP Vivek Lal Singh had said, "NDRF, police, local team, people and local administration worked hard for around 45 hours, he team worked continuously for 45 hours with all the precautions and safety measures but we couldn't save his life."


 

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