A 10-year-old boy who fell into a 140-foot borewell in Madhya Pradesh&rsquo;s Guna district on Saturday has died. According to reports, he was stuck at 39 feet and rescued on Sunday morning by NDRF personnel.&nbsp;
The boy was trapped with water around him due to which his limbs stopped working.&nbsp;
&ldquo;When he was rushed to the hospital, his clothes were wet. There was soil in his mouth too. His limbs had stopped working due to hypothermia,&rdquo; said Chief Medical Health Officer Dr Rajkumar Rishishwar. 
According to the Guna police, the boy, identified as Sumit Meena, fell into the open shaft of the borewell, while flying a kite. 
The incident reportedly occurred at Pipliya village, located about 50km from the Guna district headquarters, around 5 pm.
The borewell is around 140 feet deep, Guna Collector Satendra Singh said. 
A parallel 25-feet deep pit has been dug to rescue the child, he added. 
The borewell did not strike water, and hence no casing had been put on it, the collector said. 
While police and other local agencies started the rescue operation immediately, a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) also arrived from Bhopal late on Saturday evening.
Oxygen was being pumped into the borewell, Singh said. 
The boy&rsquo;s family members began to panic when they did not see him for a long time. 
A search was carried out and then they realized that he had fallen into the borewell, a local person said.
Meanwhile, in Rajasthan&rsquo;s Kotputli-Behror district, a desperate rescue effort continues to save three-year-old Chetna, who has been trapped in a 150-foot deep borewell since December 23. Her mother, Dholi Devi, has been anxiously praying for her child&rsquo;s safe recovery for more than 110 hours. 
On Saturday, a video of Dholi Devi pleading for help surfaced. 
Initial attempts to rescue Chetna using an iron ring attached to a rope failed. 
On Wednesday (December 25), a piling machine was brought in, and a parallel pit was dug. Heavy rain disrupted the rescue efforts on Friday.&nbsp; 
Despite continuous efforts, rescuers have been unable to supply food or water to Chetna, raising concerns about her survival. A team of doctors with an ambulance is stationed at the site. 
This incident followed a similar case two weeks ago in Rajasthan&rsquo;s Dausa district, where a five-year-old boy fell into a borewell. Although rescuers worked for more than 55 hours, the boy could not be saved.&nbsp; 
&mdash;IANS

NDRF personnel taking a stretcher to rescue Sumit from the borewell

Sumit fell into borewell and got stuck at 39 feet; his limbs stopped wording due to hypothermia

Borewell Hell: 10-year-old Rescued Boy Dies

Sumit fell into borewell and got stuck at 39 feet; his limbs stopped wording due to hypothermia

December 29, 2024 | 10:51 IST