Bagalkot: Snag delays rescue of boy from borewell


Bagalkot, Aug 4 (IANS): Massive efforts to rescue a six-year-old boy trapped in a deep borewell on the outskirts of a village in Karnataka's Bagalkot were so far unsuccessful, as a robot lowered into the hole developed a snag while a rock is blocking access to him, police said Monday.

"The rescue team has suspended the robot operation due to a technical snag and pulled out the CCTV camera as a hard rock blocked the view of the boy (Thimanna) in the narrow well where he is stuck at about 160 feet depth," Inspector General of Police (northern range) Bhaskar Rao told reporters at the spot.

Thimanna Sunday afternoon fell into the abandoned borewell while playing with his friends Sunday afternoon in his father Hanumatha Hatti's sugarcane field of at Sulikeri in Badami taluk, about 30km from Bagalkot town and 550km northwest of Bangalore, said officials.

According to the victim's friends, however, Thimanna went to the spot to show his cousin where the borewell was dug and how deep it was but plunged into it as it was not fenced and soil around it was slippery.

Efforts were on at a war-footing

"Another rescue team has been digging a massive pit parallel to the borewell since late Sunday using five earth-moving machines to excavate the soil and reach Thimanna through an L shaped passage at the earliest," Rao said.

About 10 tippers have been deployed to remove the soil dug out near the spot.

Though inclement weather and intermittent rains have been hampering the rescue operation, oxygen is being supplied constantly through a pipe to enable Thimanna breathe and keep him alive, as the remote camera showed him move two fingers late Sunday.

The rescue team consists of a dozen members from the National Disaster Rescue Force and 10 experts from the state-run Hutti Gold Mines in the neighbouring Raichur district.

A well-equipped ambulance has been kept ready at the pot for emergency treatment and rush Thimanna to the state-run district hospital here once he is extricated.

Meanwhile, special prayers were held at Thimanna's school in the village and in temples, mosques and churches at many places, including Bagalkot, Bangalore, Chikaballapur, Davangere, Madikeri and Mandya across the state for his safe rescue.

As hundreds of people from the surrounding villages and towns have been flocking to the village to watch the rescue operation, police deployed a large contingent to cordon off the area and maintain vigil at the spot.

 

  

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  • Jyothi, Bangalore

    Mon, Aug 11 2014

    This borewell was dug sometime recently. What has happened to the common sense of this father/mother. Have they sold it off??? And what are the authorities & contractors (who dug this borewell) doing. They are least bothered as long as they are able to make money nothing bothers them. Just put these people in the boys condition and then they will know what this boy has going through. No amount of sympathy, prayers will help. Does anybody know “PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE”. It is only common sense(please use it, it is free gift), presence of mind, sense of responsibility will prevent such incidents. And yes such defaulters should be punished severely and others should learn their lessons. Otherwise, only GOD save these children if he wills, it is a total torture for the child, for the parents, for the state and for the country. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME, WASTE OF MONEY, WASTE OF GOOD SENSE AND WASTE OF LIVES. All these are to be used for something productive. Please wake up. …. And to those parents, please ensure that your children do not run on unfamiliar open lands, where there could be a unseen death traps dug years back.

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  • Babitha, Mangalore

    Tue, Aug 05 2014

    devere maguvannu rakshishu adhu yenu ariyada magu

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  • readerwriter007, pune

    Tue, Aug 05 2014

    It's now , once again after another disaster govt woke up and gave another dead line of this month end to close all these open Borewells. After few days everything will be silent and it will be another such incident which will repeat all the same process. as it's happening since couple of years, after each such incidents in past. Unfortunately this borewell was dug by his own father. Father paid huge for keeping that borewell open and victim is his own son. What a disaster of life.

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  • kevin alphonso fernandes, mangalore

    Tue, Aug 05 2014

    Owners should b responsible if they dont close these type of unused borewells n criminal cases should be registered against them

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  • Rita, Germany

    Tue, Aug 05 2014

    Hope and pray that the Boy will be rescued soon.There are so many People gathered there to see his rescue.instead of Standing there and looking,can help the rescue Team to carry away the mud ,so that Boy could be brought up earlier.

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  • Francis(Joe) Martis, Barkur/USA

    Tue, Aug 05 2014

    It's extremely hard to imagine how difficult it is for one to be underground.Due to total negligence by property owner who is absolutely careless in this case. Govt. should come out with a law to advise closure of all open borewells, seal them with instructions and put up warning outside, those found guilty must be punished with jail term.

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  • nazeer, dammam

    Tue, Aug 05 2014

    YA ALLAH BACHEKO BACHALE

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Aug 04 2014

    So many small children have fallen into bore wells we are still a bunch of IDIOTS. Thank you Modi ...

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  • Peter Lewis, Kalmady/k s a

    Mon, Aug 04 2014

    Why Government not serious of these Borewells. Unused Borewells should be filled by Mud or Sand. Fence or Caps for unused Borewells are temporary solution.

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  • Ronald, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 04 2014

    abandoned open bore wells are death trap to little children.
    Not sure what is the condition of the boy inside. It is raining season so what if there is lots of water inside the bore-well and also what if water flowing down to bore-well from ground level. God save the little boy.

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  • Ajith, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 04 2014

    Several crores have been spent in the last couple of years on several such rescue efforts and yet these things keep on happening every now and then all over the country.Why can't our governments give deadline to every district administration to close all unused open borewells and put the culprits behind bar for once?Look who is dying in all these incidents ,the innocent kids who are yet to see life.

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  • For Justice, Abu Dhabi / Ubar

    Mon, Aug 04 2014

    As we heard 'spark neglected burns the house', a normal cap to the useless bore well neglected by the concerned people made a disaster.

    Pray for the boy.

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  • vellano1, Mumbai

    Mon, Aug 04 2014

    I pray to god, that this boy comes up alive!!!....

    however, my confidence is failing me!! and I am sensing something tragic here... HOPE I WILL BE PROVED WRONG!!!

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  • FAZIL, DXB

    Tue, Aug 05 2014

    Shubh Shubh bhol yaar..
    Ya Allah Please save this Innocent kid which yet to experience this world,I can imagine what ordeal goes with him, daiji please keep us d.
    Thanks.

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