Odisha: Baby Trapped In Abandoned Bore Well Rescued After 5-Hour Long Rescue Op

baby, who appeared to be newly born, was successfully retrieved from an abandoned bore well in Odisha's Sambalpur district on Tuesday, several hours after locals discovered the child.

An Infant who got stuck in an abandoned borewell in Odisha's Sambalpur was rescued on Tuesday.

An infant stuck in a bore well in Odisha's Sambalpur district was rescued on Monday following a rescue operation that lasted over five hours. The baby, who appeared to be newly born, is rushed to a hospital for necessary medical attention, according to officials, as reported by PTI. The incident unfolded in Laripali village, situated in the Rengali area, where the child was found stuck in a bore well, measuring 15-20 feet in depth. 

#WATCH | An Infant who got stuck in an abandoned borewell in Odisha's Sambalpur has been rescued. pic.twitter.com/FoxTuJId1o

— ANI (@ANI) December 12, 2023

Odisha Special Relief Commissioner promptly dispatched fire services personnel from Rengali, along with a team from the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force in Jharsuguda, to the site, as per PTI's report. Additionally, an NDRF team from Mundali in Cuttack was mobilised to support the ongoing rescue efforts, as confirmed by Gyanranjan Dash, the managing director of Odisha Disaster Management Authority.

The incident came to light when local residents, responding to the cries of the infant, discovered the baby trapped inside the bore well. The bore well is abandoned and located in a forest close to the village.

The circumstances leading to the incident remain unclear, with authorities stating that it is unknown how the child ended up in the well. Locals suspect the possibility that the infant might have been deliberately abandoned in the bore well, PTI reported.

Sambalpur's Additional District Magistrate, Pradeep Sahoo, provided updates on the ongoing rescue efforts, stating, "Oxygen is supplied into the bore well. The ODRAF team has dug a parallel pit." 

Special Optical Fibre and camera reached Jharsuguda by plane, to use in the rescue work going on in Sambalpur to save the infant stuck in an abandoned borewell, news agency ANI reported.

#UPDATE | Odisha: Special Optical Fibre and camera reached Jharsuguda by plane, to use in the rescue work going on in Sambalpur to save the infant stuck in an abandoned borewell. https://t.co/O6jtNbSqpw pic.twitter.com/SySAq1u1wO

— ANI (@ANI) December 12, 2023

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