Chhattisgarh : Finally, after 104 hours, Rahul was taken out from a depth of 65 feet.
11-year-old Rahul, who fell into the borewell of his own house in Pirahid village of Janjgir-Champa district on Friday afternoon, has finally been rescued after a 104-hour rescue operation. After being pulled out of a 65 feet deep borewell, the child was examined by the doctors present on the spot and then he was sent to Apollo Hospital in Bilaspur district through an ambulance under the supervision of expert doctors. For this, about 100 km long green corridor has been made. Over 500 personnel, including officials of the NDRF, Army, local police and administration, were involved in the massive rescue operation that began on Friday evening.
11-year-old boy Rahul Sahu had fallen into an open borewell near his house in Pihrid village of Malkharoda block under the district. He was trapped at a depth of about 65 feet. It happened suddenly on June 10 at around 2 pm. As soon as the news of this incident was received, the district administration team was deployed under the leadership of Collector Jitendra Kumar Shukla. In time, the oxygen pipeline was arranged and delivered to the child. Along with keeping an eye on the child’s activities by installing a camera, his morale was being boosted by keeping an eye on Rahul trapped in the borewell through his family members.
Juice and bananaskeep delivering
Juice, bananas and other food items were also being delivered to the child. Oxygen was also being supplied with special cameras to monitor moment by moment. Emergency medical arrangements and ambulances were also deployed. Apart from the state disaster management team, the National Disaster Management (NDRF) team was involved in the rescue after coming from Cuttack and Bhilai in Odisha. Army Colonel Chinmoy Pareek was engaged in this mission with his team. Every effort was made to get the child out of the rescue safely.
Rahul was unable to hold the rope
On the first day of the country’s biggest rescue, on the night of June 10, an attempt was made to bring Rahul out of the rope through a manual crane. After Rahul did not give any response like grabbing the rope, after the consent of the family members and the decision of the NDRF, it was decided that the rescue should be done by digging till the edge of the borewell. Excavation was started again with different machines from around 12 o’clock in the night. After excavation of about 65 feet, the first way was prepared.
Rock barrier
The district administration team along with the NDRF and the army made a tunnel to reach the borewell by drilling. Many times during the tunneling of the tunnel, this operation was hampered due to the strong rock coming. After the drilling machine of higher capacity was called from Bilaspur, Rahul was reached with a lot of effort, taking great precautions.
100 km long green corridor
Finally, after all the efforts, Rahul was rescued by the Army, NDRF personnel late on Tuesday night. On the spot, the doctors conducted a health check-up of the child and for better treatment, a 100 km long green corridor was made and taken to Apollo Hospital.
माना कि चुनौती बड़ी थी
— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) June 14, 2022
हमारी टीम भी कहाँ शांत खड़ी थी
रास्ते अगर चट्टानी थे
तो इरादे हमारे फौलादी थे
सभी की दुआओं और रेस्क्यू टीम के अथक, समर्पित प्रयासों से राहुल साहू को सकुशल बाहर निकाल लिया गया है।
वह जल्द से जल्द पूर्ण रूप से स्वस्थ हो, ऐसी हमारी कामना है। pic.twitter.com/auL9ZMoBP7
हमारा बच्चा बहुत बहादुर है।
— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) June 14, 2022
उसके साथ गढ्ढे में 104 घंटे तक एक सांप और मेढक उसके साथी थे।
आज पूरा छत्तीसगढ़ उत्सव मना रहा है, जल्द अस्पताल से पूरी तरह ठीक होकर लौटे, हम सब कामना करते हैं।
इस ऑपरेशन में शामिल सभी टीम को पुनः बधाई एवं धन्यवाद। pic.twitter.com/JejmhL7PBj
However, in this rescue operation that lasted for more than 104 hours, everyone heaved a sigh of relief after Rahul Sahu was brought out alive. Family members including father Lala Sahu, mother Geeta Sahu gave special thanks to Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel including Collector, district administration officials, public representatives and all including NDRF, Army, SDRF.
All the officers including the collector remained ready day and night, the operation went on continuously for 5 days
Where there was a round of prayers day and night for the well being of Rahul. At the same time, till the completion of this operation at the spot, all the officers including Collector Jitendra Kumar Shukla, Superintendent of Police Vijay Aggarwal were monitoring the rescue at the spot overnight. In this rescue operation that lasted for more than 104 hours, the incident of Rahul coming out safely was nothing less than a big achievement.
Was not an easy task
The collector said that due to being trapped in the borewell, the rescue of the child was not a very easy task. Everyone was trying to get him out safely. Whatever was possible due to adverse circumstances, those decisions were taken together with NDRF and family members. The Collector has appealed to the common citizens including the district officials not to keep the borewell open at any place so that such incidents do not recur. Never let your small children go to such places and keep your children under supervision yourself.
