“Working to rescue child safely”: MP CM Mohan Yadav after 6-yr-old boy falls into borewell in Rewa

April 13, 2024

Rewa: Rescue operations to bring out a six-year-old boy fell into an open borewell in an agricultural field at Manika village in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district continues and chief minister Mohan Yadav said that they would leave no stone unturned to bring out child safely.

The boy fell into the borewell while playing in the agricultural field on Friday evening. On getting the information about the incident, the rescue team reached the spot and started an operation to bring him out.

CM Yadav posted on X, “News about a child falling into a borewell in Manika village of Rewa district is sad. A team of SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) and district administration is trying to get the child out safely. I am also in constant touch with the local administration. Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla has been instructed to reach the spot. We will leave no stone unturned to bring out the innocent child safely.”
Meanwhile, the CM also spoke to ANI, expressed sadness over the incident and hopeful that the administration would save the child with all its might.

रीवा जिले के मनिका गांव में मासूम बच्चे के बोरवेल में गिरने का समाचार दुःखद है।

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A 5-year-old boy fell into an open borewell in an agricultural field at Manika village in the Janeh police station area of Rewa district, officials informed on Friday.

Speaking to ANI, Additional SP, Rewa, Anil Sonkar said, “This borewell in which the six-year-old boy fell and is presently trapped is 6 cm in diameter. The child fell into the borewell while playing. The locals informed the police, after which the rescue team reached the spot and launched an operation to bring him out. Two earthmovers have been pressed into service as part of the ongoing rescue work.”

He informed further that a parallel pit was in the process of being dug so that the trapped six-year-old could be brought out safely.

“A rescue team from Varanasi will also reach the spot shortly. We are trying to identify the exact location of the boy. We are hopeful that he will be rescued very soon.”