In the wake of the recovery of an unidentified man's body from an abandoned Delhi Jal Board borewell at Keshopur in west Delhi, the Delhi government has taken immediate action, Hindustan Times reported. DJB Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar and the water utility on March 10 were instructed to seal all public and private borewells not in use within 48 hours. …
A 21-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his father and chopping his body into nearly 30 pieces before disposing of them in an unused borewell in Karnataka’s Bagalkot district last week, police said on Tuesday. Bagalkot superintendent of police Jayaprakash told HT that the accused, Vithal Kulali, confessed to the crime and said he killed his father as …
Two-year-old Sujith Wilson is not the only child to have met with a tragic end after falling into an abanbdoned borewell as at least 10 other children had died in a similar manner in Tamil Nadu over the past 15 years. In September 2013, a six-year old girl child died after falling into a borewell in Pulavanpadi village in Tiruvannamalai …
The two-year-old boy, who fell into an abandoned borewell in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli, is stuck at a depth of almost 100 feet for more than 72 hours after the incident occurred on Friday, as anxiety has risen over the child’s well-being with rescue efforts hampered by rocky soil and rain. Narendra Modi speaks to EK Palaniswami regarding rescue ops Prime …
Tamil Nadu's Sujith Wilson, who was stuck in a borewell for nearly 80 hours died in the early hours of Tuesday. Earlier in June, another 2-year-old child, who was stuck in a 150-foot-deep unused borewell in Punjab’s Sangrur was found dead. Below is a list of some recent cases: Punjab: A two-year-old boy was pulled out of a borewell in …