Bengaluru: Kaveri, a 6-year-old child, who fell into a 400-foot-deep borewell in Athani Taluk of Belagavi district in Karnataka on Saturday evening was declared dead on Monday after being taken out by the rescue team. The 48-hour-long massive operation to rescue Kaveri ended in tragedy with rescuers retrieving the girl’s lifeless body from the 20-foot deep open borewell where she had been trapped midway.
The incident happened at Jhunjarawadi village in Athani taluk of the district when Kaveri was playing with her friends near the dry borewell, which was left open and fell into it.
According to officials, the girl was stuck at around 20 ft. in the 400-ft. open borewell and they had locked her arm with a rope to prevent her from slipping further down.
The news came as huge shock to the family of Kaveri and villagers who had been waiting with bated breath since Saturday night hoping to see rescuers pull the child out alive.
This is not the first time that a child falling into an uncovered borewell in India. Due to the negligence on the part of authorities, several children have fallen into deep open borewells.
Borewells are often illegally dug up to extract water in areas where the water tables are depleting.
(Agencies)
