New Delhi:

A rescue operation that went on for 57 hours amid plummeting temperatures ended in vain after a five-year-old boy was pulled out of a borewell in Rajasthan’s Dausa, but died.

Aryan fell into the 150-feet-deep borewell while playing in a field in Kalikhad village around 3 pm on Monday and the rescue operation began an hour later.

JCBs, drilling machines and a piling rig were deployed to dig a parallel tunnel to rescue the child, while oxygen was supplied through a pipe and CCTV cameras monitored his condition.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel said there were myriad challenges in the operation, including the water level estimated to be around 160 feet. The difficulty in capturing the boy’s movements on camera due to steam underground and safety concerns for the rescue staff were also among the challenges in the operation, they told news agency PTI.

After he was pulled out in an unconscious state, a green corridor was created to take Aryan to a hospital in an ambulance equipped with advanced life support system. However, he was declared dead.

In September, a two-year-old girl was rescued from a 35-foot open borewell in the Bandikui area of Dausa, after 18 hours of rescue operations by NDRF and SDRF. The girl was trapped at a depth of 28 feet, and a similar approach was initiated to rescue her.

New Delhi:

A race against time ensued in Rajasthan’s Dausa as authorities pressed a piling rig machine into action to dig a 150-feet-deep tunnel near a borewell where a five-year-old boy is trapped since December 9.

Aryan fell into the open borewell on Monday evening while playing at a farm in Kalikhad village, while rescue operations were launched around 4 pm. Rescuers were deployed several earthmovers and tractors to dig a parallel hole, while also using rope and other equipment to attempt pulling out the child. Oxygen is being supplied to the child through a pipe, whose condition is said to be stable, as per news agency ANI. On Tuesday night, an Xcmg 180 piling rig was deployed at the rescue site.

“National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and Civil Defence teams have also reached the spot,” Dausa District Magistrate said.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan minister and BJP leader Kirodi Lal Meena reached the site of operations where Aryan’s condition is being monitored through a camera. “These incidents happen across the country. There is direction from the government but no law. A law should be made regarding covering borewells,” he said.

In September, a two-year-old girl was rescued from a 35-foot open borewell in the Bandikui area of Dausa after 18 hours of rescue operations by NDRF and SDRF. The girl had been stuck at a depth of 28 feet and a similar approach was initiated to rescue her.