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Infant falls into 100-feet deep borewell

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad
A three-year-old girl fell into a borewell at Juna Ghanshyamgadh village in Dhrangadhra taluka of Surendranagar district this evening, a district official said.

A local rescue team and a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been called in from Ahmedabad to save the girl, District Collector Udit Agarwal said.

"The girl slipped 100-feet down into the borewell, which was dug up by an individual to draw underground water. The incident took place at around 7 PM," he said.

The borewell was around 100-125 feet deep and the girl is believed to be stuck at a depth of 100 feet.
 

NDRF team and fire department officials are on their way to the site from Ahmedabad, he said.

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First Published: Apr 25 2016 | 11:32 PM IST

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