Chhatarpur Dec 17 : A one-year-old girl who fell in a 15-feet-deep borewell in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur on Thursday was rescued after a six-hour-long operation. The baby has been hospitalised and her condition is said to be stable.
“Rescue operation went on from around 4 pm (Thursday) till 12:30 am (Friday). The condition of the baby is stable right now. We ensured oxygen supplies through cylinder while the child was stuck inside the borewell,” said Dr RS Prajapati said.
Army personnel also helped local police and district administration officials with the rescue operation. A video showed the girl being rescued and taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
According to the mother, she left the infant with the other kids to play in an open area in the afternoon.
“Soon a child came and informed me that my child has fallen into the borewell. As soon as I came back here I heard her crying. I called everyone nearby and informed them about the incident. Officials came in and started the rescue operation,” the girl’s mother Ramsakhi Kushwaha said.