Boy, 6, dies after falling into borewell in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur
Hindustan TimesA six-year-old boy died after falling into a 100-foot-deep borewell at Khyala Bulanda village here on Sunday. A team of the National Disaster Relief Force and Indian Army personnel during a rescue operation to save a six-year-old boy who fell into a borewell at Khyala Bulanda village in Hoshiarpur district on Sunday. Rithik’s death is a is a stark reminder of a similar shocking incident two years ago in Sangrur district where two-year-old Fatehvir Singh had died after he fell into a 150-foot-deep abandoned borewell. Hoshiarpur deputy commissioner Sandeep Hans said the entire episode will be investigated as after the Sangrur incident it was decided that no borewell would be kept open in future. A camera was put inside the borewell to monitor the boy’s condition, said the officials, adding that high flow oxygen was also provided through pipes.