Two-year-old Surjith Wilson fell into the 600-feet-deep bore well, located near his home in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli district, on Friday evening.
Efforts to rescue the child suffered a setback on Saturday when it was confirmed that he had slipped further down the well from an initial depth of 35 feet to over 90 feet.
On Sunday morning, as India celebrated Diwali, one of its most important holidays, the rescue operation was delayed due to rocks piling up near the bore well, Indian news agency ANI reported.
Tamil Nadu: Operation to rescue 2 year-old Sujith Wilson delayed due to rocks at the drilling site near the borewell in Tiruchirappalli. https://t.co/2N89ahCEXq
— ANI (@ANI) 27 октября 2019 г.
Tamil Nadu: Boring machine has reached the spot and efforts are underway to rescue a 2-yr-old boy who fell in a 25-ft deep borewell in Nadukattupatti of Tiruchirappalli Dist on 25th Oct. Yesterday, the boy fell further down the borewell,currently stuck at 100 ft pic.twitter.com/IzHu6PJJca
— ANI (@ANI) 27 октября 2019 г.
Rescue teams are now digging a hole parallel to the bore well in an attempt to reach the child. A rig (an integrated drilling system used for creating water and oil wells) used by the central government-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is being used to create an alternate pathway to reach the trapped infant under the supervision of the NDRF, Tamil Nadu State Disaster Response Force and fire service personnel.
Currently six rescue teams are involved in the rescue operation Diwali holiday weekend, officials at the site were quoted as saying.
For the moment, the child is safe and breathing but his actual condition could not be accurately assessed because of the layers of wet mud around him, they added.
A number of of netizens took to social media to express their anguish over the incident as well as offer their hopes for his survival, using the hashtags #SaveSurjith and #prayforsurjith
Tamil Nadu: Boring machine has reached the spot and efforts are underway to rescue a 2-yr-old boy who fell in a 25-ft deep borewell in Nadukattupatti of Tiruchirappalli Dist on 25th Oct. Yesterday, the boy fell further down the borewell,currently stuck at 100 ft pic.twitter.com/IzHu6PJJca
— ANI (@ANI) 27 октября 2019 г.
Prayers for the boy 🙏
— Harshadha Shirodkar (@shirodkarharshu) 27 октября 2019 г.
Pls god save him it been two nights
— Gokulakrishnan (@iam_gokul005) 27 октября 2019 г.
The state government has said all efforts are being made to save the child.
