Guntur: A huge rescue operation was mounted on Tuesday to save two-year-old Anamaluri Chandrasekhar, who had accidentally fallen into a 100-ft-deep borewell in Ummadivaram village in Vinukonda mandal of Guntur district.
The boy’s parents shouted for help when they saw him falling in at 4 pm. Local people rushed to the spot and tried to rescue the boy with ropes. The child responded to his mother’s call so it was obvious that he was still alive.
The police, fire, and revenue officials then arrived and began operations by engaging two huge JCBs to dig a huge well parallel to the bore well.
Oxygen pumped into borewell to rescue child
Guntur district collector Kona Sasidhar and Guntur Rural Superintendent of Police Appala Naidu also arrived at the site and called in an NDRF team to help in the rescue efforts.
Medical teams too arrived and started pumping oxygen into the bore well with a pipe.
“More than 150 revenue, police, fire, and other officials have reached the spot and started rescue operations. The boy is responding to his mother's call and a parallel bore well of 25 feet has been dug,” said Sivanagi Reddy, tahasildar of Vinukonda.
The NDRF team that arrived at around 7 pm identified the child's movements with the help of a micro camera and confirmed his position 16 feet deep in the borewell. NDRF teams have engaged a robotic hand to “hold” the boy.
“Rescue teams are on the job as per Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s directions. A special camera sent by NDRF recorded the boy holding the rope. He was weak due to crying for hours. The teams were arranging huge boards to stop the boy from falling down further,” said G.V. Anjaneyulu, the legislator of Vinukonda.
