A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, who fell into a nearly 200-foot-deep borewell while playing in Seehi village here, was declared dead after being pulled out early Monday, police said.
The girl, identified as Neha, was playing with other children near the borewell when she fell into it on Sunday evening. A tractor was parked nearby and the children had climbed onto it while playing. Neha allegedly slipped from the tractor and fell into the borewell. “We have kept the body in a mortuary. Teams from the Haryana Police, State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Municipal Corporation, and Health Department worked at the site to rescue the girl. Initially, the rescue team could hear the sound of the girl crying, but after some time it stopped.
SDRF officials said though the borehole had been abandoned for several years, it contained water at a depth of 125 feet, which significantly hampered the rescue operation. Residents of Sector-8 blamed civic authorities for the accident, saying the borewell had not been sealed in a completely secure manner.
A postmortem examination will be conducted to reveal the exact cause of her death”, a senior police officer said.
