Manesar (Haryana), Jun 24 (IBNS): Prayers for a small girl who fell in a borewell in a village near Manesar in Haryana on the outskirts of New Delhi failed as the five-year-old was pronounced dead after she was brought out, ending a nearly 86-hour-long operation.
"She probably died much earlier and perhaps soon after falling in the borewell," Gurgaon deputy commissioner P C Meena told reporters.
Rescuers led by an Army team on Sunday afternoon lifted out five-year-old girl Mahi who fell into the 70-foot-deep borewell in a Gurgaon village four days ago.
The girl had fallen in the borewell on Wednesday night.
The girl was taken to government hospital in an ambulance in Gurgaon soon after she was lifted out but later officials said she did not survive the ordeal.
Earlier, cutting through a hard rock, which was like a huge stumbling block to reach her, the rescuers managed to reach the girl who fell in the borewell.
Army officials engaged in the rescue operation remained tight-lipped after she was pulled out, but soon it was known that she was dead.
On Saturday night a Delhi Metro team was called in to assist in the rescue operations.
The Metro team scouted for a fresh route to reach Mahi after efforts to get to her through an alternate pit, which was earlier dug by rescue workers, slowed down.
Rescuers were within “millimetres” of them, but the presence of the hard rock in between had hindered their efforts to reach her.
If they used too much force, they could risk injuring the child either by the machines or the mud and rocks, the officials said.
Even as Metro officials used special equipment to size up the rock, high-tech machinery brought in had failed to detect any movement from Mahi.
Doctors on standby had hoped that the girl had just fallen asleep or was unconscious though the worst fear was confirmed after she was lifted out.
A five-year-old can survive without food and water for three days, but after that the chances become slim, doctors had said.
The girl was supplied oxygen through a pipe so that she could survive the effort. But all efforts went in vain..
Earlier news: