A three-year-old girl, who had fallen into an over 100-ft deep borewell at Juna Ghanshyamgadh village in Surendranagar district, died today soon after being rescued after a nearly eight-hour long operation, district officials said.
"The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team involved in rescue operation informed us that when the girl was pulled out at round 2.45 AM, she was alive. She was then rushed to a CHC (Community Health Centre) where she was declared brought dead," District Collector Udit Agarwal said.
The toddler had fallen last evening into the borewell that was dug by a local villager to draw ground water at around 7 PM in Dhrangadhra taluka of the district.
The borewell was around 100-125 feet deep and the girl was believed to be stuck at a depth of 100 feet.
NDRF and fire department teams from Ahmedabad were called in by the district administration which carried out a rescue operation that lasted for nearly eight hours, before the girl could be pulled out.
The girl was given oxygen as soon as she was brought out of the borewell but died on her way to a CHC.
