NDRF team rescues four-year-old boy from borewell after five-hour operation in UP's Hapur
Hapur (UP), Jan 10: A four-year-old speech-impaired boy who had fallen into a borewell was rescued after a five-hour operation in the Kotla Sadat area here on Tuesday.
"The NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) team has successfully rescued the boy. He is under medical observation and is being given proper treatment," Superintendent of Police Deepak Bhuker told reporters.
As the NDRF team pulled out the boy, identified as Mavia, the anxiety that pervaded the atmosphere quickly dissipated. Local residents and onlookers who had gathered on rooftops to watch the rescue operation greeted the NDRF official with a round of applause as he handed over the boy to a medical team.
District Magistrate Medha Rupam said their main concern was the child's safety. Oxygen was supplied inside the borewell to help the boy breathe during the rescue operation.
When asked about any injuries, she said, "There are injuries, and we are attending to it."
Elaborating on the rescue operation, an NDRF official told reporters, "The (rescue) operation lasted for four to five hours. The NDRF has expertise by which it can successfully undertake any such operation in the country. Our effort was to rescue the child and hand him over to the administration as soon as possible."
Asked about how challenging the operation was, the official said, "The challenge was very big as the boy was speech-impaired and there was no communication with him. Patience was important. Our well-trained rescuers work with a great deal of patience while adopting technology as well."
He added that the rescue operation was carried out by a 47-member team, who rotate (among themselves).
The boy had fallen into the open borewell while playing earlier during the day, officials had said.
Rupam said action would be taken against officials who had shown laxity in discharge of duty (in this connection).
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Four-year-old child who fell into a borewell in Hapur district, has been safely rescued by the NDRF team. pic.twitter.com/vhLf2nXMzr
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
