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NDRF team arrives in Chhattisgarh village to rescue 11-year-old from borewell

Jun 11, 2022 08:34 AM IST

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said late Friday night that a team of NDRF Odisha has reached the villlage for the rescue operation.

A 11-year-old boy fell into a 80-feet deep bore well in a village in Janjgir-Champa district on Friday.

Rescue operation underway in Janjgir-Champa district.
Rescue operation underway in Janjgir-Champa district.

Superintendent of Police, Janjgir Champa, Vijay Agarwal, said that the rescue operation is underway and teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state disaster response force (SDRF) have been called to assist.

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He further said that the child, identified as Rahul Sahu, fell into the abandoned bore well in the backyard of his house in Pihrid village in Malkharoda development block.

On hearing the child’s cries from the borewell, his family members informed other villagers, he said.

Soon after being alerted about it, district administration and police officials reached the spot and launched the rescue work, he said.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said late Friday night that a team of NDRF Odisha has reached the villlage for the rescue operation.

“Collective efforts are on to get 10-year-old Rahul out of the borewell. Senior officials of Janjgir-Champa district administration are there, we are all keeping an eye,” Baghel posted a video on Twitter.

JCB machines are being used to dig a parallel pit to rescue the child.

The boy is alive and the rescue operation is still underway, said Agarwal on Saturday morning.

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