The five-year-old girl, who fell into an open borewell on Tuesday evening, has been rescued by the NDRF and SDRF teams in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh, news agency ANI reported while quoting officials. The rescue teams evacuated the girl from the 25-ft borewell around 2.30 am, an operation that went on for almost nine hours.
The girl fell into the borewell in Pipliya Rasoda village in Rajgarh around 5.30 pm on Tuesday.
The rescue operation was carried out in the presence of Rajgarh collector Harsh Dikshit. The newly elected MLA, Mohan Sharma, also reached the spot to oversee the rescue efforts.
Earlier, MP Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan said the teams were proactively involved in the rescue process and he was in constant touch with the local authorities. "The teams of SDERF, NDRF, and the district administration are trying to get the girl out safely. I am also in constant touch with the local administration. We will leave no stone unturned to bring the girl out safely," he posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Speaking on the rescue operations, Rajgarh SP Dharamraj Singh Meena commended the efforts of Collector Harsh Dikshit, MLA Mohan Sharma, and the entire rescue team for the successful operation.