The boy being rescued from an abandoned borewell in a
village near Denkanikottai on Sunday.Photo: Special Arrangement
R. Arivanantham
After a marathon effort a three-year-old boy was rescued
from an abandoned 450 feet deep borewell near Denkanikottai on Sunday
evening.
A. Guna fell into the well of 8 inch
diameter at around 10 a.m. in a rose nursery in Kummalathur near
Agalakottai in Denkanikottai taluk in Krishnagiri district owned by his
father Anandan.
Anandan had dug up the borewell with
the help of a company on Saturday. As the well did not yield any water,
it was abandoned. He and his wife A. Padma were in the nursery when the
boy slipped into the well while playing with his sister Pooja.
On seeing his brother fall, Pooja alerted her parents. The couple immediately sought the help of local people and police.
As the news spreads like wildfire, Fire and Rescue services personnel were summoned by the police and the revenue authorities.
M.
Dakshinamoorthy, Divisional Officer, Krishnagiri district, reached the
spot around noon, from Krishnagiri. Before reaching the spot, he gave
instructions to his team while travelling in his official jeep.
Two JCBs were deployed to dig up soil for about 25 feet. Then the rescue personnel cut the upper portion of the pipe.
On
sighting the boy, they tied his hands and legs with a rope and using a
hook-shaped thin iron rod they lifted the boy slowly.
The rescue
operation was a clean job as the boy suffered only a scratch on his
legs. A team of medical experts headed by Dr. G. Rajkumar from
Denkanikottai Government Hospital provided him first aid. Later, he was
sent to Government Hospital in Hosur.
Hospital sources said that the boy was responding well to the treatment.
Praveen
N. Nair, Sub Collector, was responsible for coordinating with all
departments. R. Chitra and other revenue officials from Denkanikottai
taluk were involved in the rescue operation.
C.N. Maheshwaran, the outgoing Collector, visited the boy at the hospital and congratulated the efforts of the officials.
