Chetna Chaudhary (3) trapped in a borewell in Kotputli has been pulled out after ten days from a depth of 170 feet. However, the girl’s life could not be saved. The NDRF team dug a tunnel parallel to the borewell and pulled the girl out. NDRF Rajasthan Chief Yogesh Meena said that the girl was pulled out in an unconscious state, when she was pulled out, there was no movement in her body. Three-year-old Chetna was pulled out of the borewell at 6:25 pm on Wednesday. NDRF jawan Mahavir Jat brought Chetna out wrapped in a white cloth. Immediately after this, Chetna was taken to Kotputli’s BDM Hospital in an ambulance, after examination, the team of doctors declared the girl dead. Chetna fell into a 700 feet deep borewell in Badiyali ki Dhani of Kiratpura on December 23. Even before this, more than 5 attempts to pull her out had failed. Questions were also raised on the administration’s planning regarding the entire rescue operation. Chetna, who was trapped in the borewell, was not moving for about 8 days. Soil was removed from around the body with fingers.
The NDRF personnel who carried out the rescue operation said that Chetna’s body was trapped in the soil. After entering the borewell, they removed the soil from around her body with fingers and then brought her out. There were many difficulties during the rescue operation. Stones were bouncing and hitting the eyes. There was difficulty in breathing. Stones had to be broken by lying down. The borewell was bent from the place where the girl was trapped. The girl got stuck there while going down. See in pictures why it took ten days for Chetna’s rescue operation… Chetna’s life could not be saved due to four negligences… First negligence: The efforts made before the rescue team’s arrival increased the problems
Chetna of Badiyali ki Dhani of Kiratpura in Kotputli fell into a 700 feet deep borewell on Monday (23 December). When Chetna fell into the borewell, she was stuck at just 15 feet. Ignoring the risk, the family members tried to pull her out at their own level by putting a rope in the borewell. It is suspected that due to raising her hands, a gap was created between the borewell walls and Chetna. Due to this, she slipped and went to a depth of about 80 feet. Second negligence: Delay in starting the rescue operation
The local administration got information about the accident at 2 pm. Despite this, a call was taken to call SDRF-NDRF after half an hour. After three and a quarter hours i.e. around 5.15 pm, the SDRF team reached the spot. By then the innocent girl had slipped and reached a depth of about 150 feet. If the rescue teams (SDRF and NDRF) had reached within 2 hours after getting the information, then perhaps Chetna could have been held at 80 feet. Third negligence: Plan ‘A’ and Plan ‘B’ were not implemented simultaneously. The pipes had already been taken out from the borewell in which Chetna had fallen while playing. Due to moisture inside and the soil being smooth, it was already suspected that the chances of successful rescue with indigenous Jugaad were very less. The incident commander (ADM and SDM) present on the spot could not start working on the second plan. If the work had started immediately with the piling machine, the delay in the rescue operation could have been avoided. Fourth negligence: Officials kept relying on miracles, could not take the right decision. During the entire rescue operation, the higher level coordination between the teams and the incident commander was poor. The district collector did not reach the spot for two days. Experts said that the decision to call for piling machine should have been taken immediately after the accident on 24th December. ADM-SDM did not think seriously about it. For a long time, they kept waiting for some miracle by relying on local Jugaad. ………………. Also read this news related to borewell accident- Rescue of Chetna, teams dug tunnel in wrong direction: Collector said- Borewell is not traceable, they were cutting stones at 170 feet depth for 4 days.
