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Under-construction well caves in Chhindwara district; 3 trapped

Chhindwara: Three persons, including a woman, were trapped under the debris after an under-construction well caved in at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred at Khunajhir Khurd village late in the evening and a rescue operation was on, they said.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Pandey said all three -- two men and a woman -- are alive and efforts are on to pull them out of the debris. After getting information about the collapse of the under-construction well, State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) and police teams reached the spot and launched a rescue operation using earthmoving machines, he said.
( Source : PTI )
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