Telangana: 4-year-old girl trapped in borewell, dies

Hyderabad: Four-year-old Girija, who accidentally fell into a 300-feet deep borewell at Manchal village in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana two days ago, has been declared dead by the officials. Efforts are on to take out the body of the young girl.

Earlier on Tuesday, the rescue operations were on for the third day. "Rescue efforts are going on. It may take some more time. The horizontal drilling is about to reach upto the borewell hole," Deputy Commissioner of Police (L B Nagar-Zone) P Visva Prasad said.

"We suspect that the girl might be trapped at around 45-feet inside the pit. We have reached at a depth of 42-feet, after digging a parallel trench," Manchala police station inspector P Jagadeeshwar said.

The incident occurred Sunday morning on the outskirts of Manchala village when Girija accidentally fell inside the open borewell while playing when her grandparents were working in the field.

"Oxygen is also being supplied inside the hole. A camera was also put inside to locate her," officials said.

Police and revenue officials, besides teams of NDRF, fire, geologists, and coal mining company Singareni Collieries were involved in the rescue operations.