A four-year-old boy. That’s what they found. He fell into a borewell near his house in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. It was a serious situation. But he got out. After nine hours of work. Multiple agencies, local volunteers, everyone pitched in. Officials are saying he was safe.
The whole thing happened Friday evening. Down in Chak Samana village, close to Bhikhowal. Near the Hoshiarpur-Dasuya road. The kid, Gurkaran Singh. He was playing, just playing near home. And then he was gone. Trapped down. Nearly twenty to thirty feet deep in that newly dug hole.
Rescue teams managed to pull him up. Around 12:40 am. That’s when they got him out. Then straight to the hospital. Needed immediate checks and treatment. An NDRF person was seen carrying him. In his arms. Face covered in dirt, but he looked okay. Stable.
Family and villagers. They were there. They hugged the rescue folks. The NDRF team. Everyone involved. A huge thank you.
Deputy Commandant Pankaj Sharma, from the NDRF , told the press. He said the child was stable. But the rescue itself? That was tough. The loose soil kept collapsing. It made everything harder. He mentioned how much effort the rescuers put in. A commendable job, he said.
It wasn’t just the NDRF . It was a big effort. Teams from the SDRF . Punjab Police. District administration. Fire brigade. And local volunteers. All working together. A real joint mission.
Punjab Minister Ravjot Singh was there too. And MP Raj Kumar Chabbewal. They stayed right there at the site. Watching everything unfold. Monitoring the rescue.
Deputy Commissioner Aashika Jain. She said the administration moved fast. They heard about it around four in the afternoon. The child had slipped into an open borewell right next to the family’s house.
The real problem, though, was the borewell itself. It had just been made operational. The gravel and soil filling work? That wasn't finished yet.
Jain explained how they started. Rescuers first lowered a camera. And an oxygen pipe. Into the hole. Just to check on the child. To make sure he was breathing. They could see the child moving on the footage at first. That helped them gauge the situation.
But then things got complicated. That loose soil falling in. It made the camera work messy. It just made the rescue harder.
So what did they do next? The deputy commissioner said they dug a parallel pit. Deep. Almost twenty-five to thirty feet. Then they had to create a narrow tunnel. A safe way down to reach him.
Heavy machinery came in. Earth-moving equipment. Arranged by the administration and the locals. The soil was sandy. Unstable. It kept collapsing while they worked. They had to be super careful with the machines. Safety first, always.
Jain noted how many people were involved. More than forty NDRF personnel were on the mission. She thanked everyone. The SDRF , the Police, the civil teams, the medical folks, the volunteers. For coordinating everything.
Senior Superintendent of Police Sandeep Kumar Malik. He praised the teams. Said their teamwork was key. They saved the boy. That kind of dedication matters.
During the whole thing, there was another request. Officials asked the child’s mother to talk to him. At the site. Just to hear a familiar voice. To stay calm. Oxygen kept flowing through that pipe. Into the borewell.
Minister Singh said emergency teams were on standby. Ready. To treat him right away once he was pulled out.
MP Chabbewal called it a brutal mission. Highly sensitive. And said the sheer effort of all these agencies made it work. Lots of locals gathered around the site. Watching the rescue go on all night long.
Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board
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