Three-year-old boy slips into borewell in Telangana village as rescue efforts continue

Hyderabad: A three-year- old boy fell into a just made 150-feet-deep borewell in Medak district of Telangana on Wednesday evening. Efforts are on to rescue the child.

The incident took place in Pochampally village of Papanna block in Telangana

Bikshapathi, a local farmer, got a borewell dug in his farm. The efforts failed as there was no trace of water.

The farmers and the workers packed off, leaving the well uncovered.

Sai Vardhan, 3, was playing around. He slipped into the well even before people around could sense the danger.

District collector Dharma Reddy and superintendent of police Chandana Deepti were personally monitoring the rescue operation, by digging parallely. Four JCBs have been digging the parallel well.

The boy is said to be stuck between 120 and 150 feet inside the well.