Aryan, a 5-year-old child who fell into a borewell three days ago in Dausa district of Rajasthan, could not be saved. After all efforts to dig near the borewell to save Aryan failed, the administration allowed the rescue workers to pull him out by attaching a hook to his body. After about 56 hours, the rescue team took Aryan out of the borewell through a curb, but he could not be saved.
Rescue operation was going on in Kalikhad village of Dausa district since the afternoon of 9th December. The same day, at around 3 pm, Aryan had fallen into an open borewell in front of his mother. The accident happened about 100 feet away from the house. No movement of the child was seen inside the borewell after 2 am on 9th December. The medical team was continuously supplying oxygen in the borewell. Teams of NDRF, SDRF, Civil Defense and experts having knowledge of borewells were continuously trying to save Aryan.
A pit about 125 feet deep was dug near the borewell with the piling machine, but later the machine broke down. The rescue operation was interrupted for three-four hours. After this, the pit was deepened by 150 feet by ordering another piler machine. After this, efforts to build a tunnel parallel to the borewell started. But none of the tricks worked. The soil inside the borewell caved in and fell on the child. Ultimately, in the presence of Dausa Collector Devendra Kumar, the rescue team was allowed to pull Aryan out of the borewell with the help of a hook. An ambulance and medical team were deployed on the spot.
As soon as the child came out of the borewell, he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. After investigation there, the doctors told that he had died inside the borewell. Mother’s health deteriorated due to mourning for her son. Doctors told that his BP had increased significantly. Both the parents had not eaten or drunk anything for two days, due to which their health deteriorated. According to Aryan’s father Jagdish Meena, his son was playing near his mother in the fields a few meters away from the house. I had gone to the market for some work. During this time he fell into an open borewell.