Teenage girl brought out of borewell in Gujarat’s Kutch, rushed to hospital

PTI, Jan 7, 2025, 4:36 PM IST

Bhuj: An 18-year-old girl, who fell into a deep borewell in Gujarat’s Kutch district, was brought out on Tuesday after efforts for more than 33 hours by multiple agencies and taken to a hospital, officials said.

The incident took place at around 6.30 am on Monday at Kanderai village in Bhuj taluka of the district. The teenager was stuck at a depth of 490 feet in the 540-foot-deep borewell, they said.

The borewell had a diameter of one foot, and the fact that she was grown up and stuck deep into it made the rescue efforts difficult, the officials said.

“The victim was stuck at 490 feet. After multiple attempts of rescuing, the victim has been evacuated/retrieved from the borewell. The victim is unconscious and shifted to ambulance for further treatment,” the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said in an update.

The girl was rushed to a hospital nearby, a police official said.

Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Border Security Force (BSF) were engaged in the rescue operation along with the fire department personnel of Bhuj municipality, local emergency response team, police and officials of the local administration.

The teenager belonged to a family of migrant labourers from Rajasthan.

Authorities were initially doubtful about the family’s version that a girl of her age fell into a borewell. Her presence was confirmed by Monday afternoon with the help of a camera.