Jaipur:
Massive rescue operations are underway to save 5-year-old Saahil, who had fallen into a 150-feet deep borewell in a village near Jaipur on Monday morning. The child is said to be unconscious.
Saahil fell into an open borewell at a village about 60 kms from Jaipur around 8 am on Monday morning. He was playing near his house in Jagatpura village when he slipped into the borewell, which belongs to his own family. The borewell was left open after some work on Sunday.
The boy was lying unconscious, official sources said. A L Agarwal, a child specialist present on the site, said the boy was showing no movement and was lying unconscious in the borewell.
"We have no option but to wait as the boy is unconscious, and the crucial period of first 24 hours has passed," Agrawal said.
However, oxygen is being supplied continuously, he said.
A 60-feet parallel pit has been dug with the help of earth moving machines to facilitate the rescue of the child and rescue workers were trying to reach the boy.
This is not the first case of a child falling into an uncovered borewell in the country. In Rajasthan itself, four-year-old Anju was rescued in June 2009, nearly 20 hours after she fell into a borewell in Dausa district. (With PTI inputs)