3-year-old boy falls into newly dug borewell in Telangana, rescue operations on
Hyderabad: A three-year-old boy accidentally fell into a newly drilled open borewell in Medak district of Telangana on Wednesday and rescue operations are on to pull him out, police said.
Oxygen was being supplied into the 120 feet open borewell and earth excavation machines have been pressed into service to dig around it, they said.
An NDRF team has reached the spot and joined the rescue efforts, they said.
The incident happened at around 5 pm in an agriculture field located in Papannapet mandal of the district when the boy was walking with his grandfather and father, a senior police official told PTI over phone.
Adistrict official said the boy's family members noticed the child falling into the uncovered borewell and initially tried to rescue him by using a 'sari', but in vain.
Rescue efforts were underway to get the child out and senior district and police officials are monitoring the operation, the official said, adding they were using cameras inside the borewell to locate the boy.
The borewell into which the child fell was one among three dug by the family since Tuesday night to try and find water for their fields.
But none of them yielded any water, police said.
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Two killed in high-speed bike crash on Mukundpur flyover in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): Two people were killed after their speeding motorcycle crashed into a wall on the Mukundpur flyover in outernorth Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy area, police said on Monday.
The rider lost control of the motorcycle, and it rammed into the side wall of the flyover with great force late Sunday night, they said.
The impact was so severe that one of the victims was thrown off the flyover and fell into a drain below.
A rescue operation was launched to locate the man who fell into the drain, police said, adding that both victims were later found dead.
On receiving information, police and ambulance teams rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital. Further details awaited.
