4-year-old boy falls into 220-foot borewell in Haryana, rescue ops on
A routine morning in Haryana's Ambala district turned into a nightmare on Tuesday after a four-year-old boy slipped into a 220-foot-deep open borewell, triggering a
A routine morning in Haryana's Ambala district turned into a nightmare on Tuesday after a four-year-old boy slipped into a 220-foot-deep open borewell, triggering a frantic multi-agency rescue operation and a desperate race against time. The child, identified as Nirbhay, fell into the narrow nine-inch-wide borewell in Dhanaura village of Barara around 6.30 am while accompanying his father to the family's fields. His father, Manjit, had gone to deliver breakfast to Nirbhay's grandfather, Karnail Singh, who had been working since early morning.
Read Full Story As the elders attended to farm work, Nirbhay began playing nearby. According to officials, the child noticed the open borewell and started dropping handfuls of soil into it. The ground around the borewell had reportedly become wet and slippery. While leaning over to look inside, he is believed to have lost his balance and plunged into the deep shaft. The silence was shattered by a loud sound. Realising something had gone terribly wrong, Nirbhay's father and grandfather rushed to the borewell and repeatedly called out the child's name.
Family members and villagers made frantic attempts to rescue him, but the narrow opening made every effort impossible. Villagers have gathered at the spot as the rescue teams work. After local attempts failed, authorities were alerted at around 7.30 am. Within hours, teams from the Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and district administration reached the spot with specialised rescue equipment. The Army was also called in to strengthen the operation. Deputy Commissioner Ajay Singh Tomar, who arrived at the site to monitor the rescue, said the borewell has a diameter of about nine inches, making the operation highly challenging.
Rescue personnel continued working against the clock to safely bring the child to the surface. The incident has once again highlighted the deadly danger posed by unsecured borewells, with anxious family members and villagers praying for Nirbhay's safe rescue as emergency teams battle time in one of the most difficult rescue operations. Ends
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