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Updated Thursday, April 4, 2024-10:51
Rescue teams
are
working to rescue a two-year-old boy trapped in a well more than five meters deep in the state of Karnataka, in southern India, official sources said Thursday.
"Rescue operations continue," said Atin Kumar, the police superintendent of the Indi region, where several government agencies have been trying to rescue the boy alive for more than 16 hours.
Indi Police Sub-Inspector Manjunath pointed out that
the rescue is in the final phase
and could take a matter of hours. The rescue teams assured that the child is still alive. "About 100 people are participating, including personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Force (SDRF), as well as police and firefighters," said the official. .
The incident took place this Wednesday in the town of
Lachayan
, when the minor fell into a narrow open well near his house. "The district administration has been instructed to
carry out a full-scale operation
to protect the child, and we are receiving information about it instantly," Karnataka Commerce and Industry Minister MB Patil said on social media X.
Delhi television NDTV showed images of rescue operations in the area, where teams dug a tunnel near the well and ensured the flow of oxygen thanks to a series of tubes. The deputy commissioner of Indi, Abid Gadyal, stated in statements reported by the Indian Express newspaper that the authorities have summoned doctors to the scene of the accident and put an ambulance on standby to take the child to the hospital.
India experienced a similar situation last June, when a two-year-old girl was trapped in a well 100 meters deep in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. After more than fifty hours of rescue operations, the teams found the lifeless body of the minor.