A six-year-old girl slipped and fell into a 30 foot
borewell while playing with her friends at a village in the district and rescue
efforts are on to get her out, an NDRF official said.
Kaveri
was playing with her friends when she slipped and fell into the borwell
yesterday evening at Jhunjharwadi village, a National Disaster Response Force
member told reporters here today.
The
official, who did not wish to be named, said the girl is trapped 30 feet down
and rescue operations are facing hardships due to the hard soil and rocks
around the borewell.
"We
have dug a 10-feet tunnel so far and efforts are on to dig 20 feet more to
reach Kaveri and pull her out of the borewell at the earliest," he said.
The
rescue team earlier made a vain attempt to pull her out with hooks and ropes,
he said.
The
girl's mother, who fainted on learning about the incident, has been
hospitalised, officials said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said
strict action would be initiated against the land owner and borewell contractor
for the incident.
"It
is the responsibility of the landowner and borewell contractor to inform the
gram panchayat about the borewell being open without covering or fencing it, he
said in Bengaluru.
(This
article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from
an agency feed.)
Source: dnaindia.com
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