2-Yr-Old Rescued from Borewell in Karnataka After 18 Hr Operation

Bengaluru: A two-year-old boy was rescued from a 16 feet deep borewell in Karnataka after an 18-hour-long operation.

This rescue operation continued from around 6.30 pm on Wednesday evening till Thursday morning. The toddler had fallen into the open borewell in Lachayan village, while playing near his house.

As part of the rescue operation, authorities had dug a pit about 21-feet deep parallel to the borewell using an excavator to rescue the boy.

An ambulance kept on stand-by at the spot shifted the rescued child to a hospital immediately after he was taken out of the borewell.