Chetna Chaudhary (3), trapped in a borewell in Kotputli, has been pulled out from a depth of 170 feet after ten days. However the girl’s life could not be saved.
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The NDRF team dug a tunnel parallel to the borewell and took out the girl. NDRF Rajasthan Chief Yogesh Meena said that the girl was taken out in an unconscious state, there was no movement in the body when she was taken out.
Three-year-old Chetna was pulled out of the borewell at 6.25 pm on Wednesday evening. NDRF jawan Mahavir Jat brought Chetna out wrapped in white cloth. Immediately after this, Chetna was taken to BDM Hospital in Kotputli by ambulance. After examination, the team of doctors declared the girl dead. Chetna had fallen into a 700 feet deep borewell in Badiyali ki Dhani of Kiratpura on 23 December.
When Chetna was taken out, the child was wrapped in a white cloth.
As soon as she was taken out, NDRF personnel ran towards the ambulance with the girl and she was sent to the hospital.
Even before this, more than 5 attempts to remove it had failed. Questions were also raised on the administration’s planning regarding the entire rescue operation. Chetna, trapped in the borewell, was not making any movement for about 8 days.
Soil removed from around the body with fingers NDRF personnel who conducted the rescue operation said that Chetna’s body was stuck in the mud. After entering the borewell, he removed the soil from around his body with his fingers and then took him out. Many types of problems were being faced during the rescue operation. The stones were bouncing and hitting the eyes. Was having trouble breathing. Had to break stones lying down. The borewell was bent from where the girl was trapped. The girl got stuck there while going down.
See in pictures why Chetna’s rescue operation took ten days…
On December 23, at 1:50 pm, Chetna fell into a 700 feet deep borewell dug outside Chetna’s house. After three hours, the SDRF team reached the spot and started the rescue of the girl. Chetna’s last video was released around 7 pm. In this she was seen waving her hands.
On December 24, the NDRF team succeeded in trapping Chetna. Chetna was pulled up from 150 feet to 120 feet. But failed to get out. The work of digging the pit parallel to the borewell started at 11:30 pm.
When there was no success after working on Plan-A for two days, the administration shifted to Plan-B. Excavation was started with piling machine from 8 am on Wednesday.
On December 26, a 170 feet pit was dug parallel to the borewell with a piling machine.
Due to rain on the night of 27 December, the rescue teams had to stop the work again, they covered the tube well with a cloth so that water does not go inside.
On December 28, NDRF soldiers entered the tunnel for the first time. They were monitored through CCTV. Other members present outside remained in constant touch with him through walkie-talkie.
Late evening on Monday, 29 December, a team of engineers also checked the angle in the tunnel with a laser alignment device, so that the direction of the borewell does not deviate.
On December 30, the soldiers reached the location as per plan at a depth of 170 feet, but they did not find the borewell.
On December 31, after digging with a piling machine, the tunnel made in the pit was dug in the wrong direction. After this, a GPR machine was called to locate the borewell.
After a day’s effort, the girl’s body was taken out.
Chetna’s life could not be saved due to four carelessness…
First negligence: Efforts made before the arrival of the rescue team increased the problems. Chetana of Badiyali Ki Dhani of Kiratpura in Kotputli fell into a 700 feet deep borewell on Monday (December 23). When Chetna fell into the borewell, she was stuck at just 15 feet. Ignoring the risk, the family members tried to pull him out at their level by putting a rope in the borewell. It is feared that by raising hands, a gap was created between the walls of the borewell 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, after half an hour a call was taken to call SDRF-NDRF. 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. Had the rescue teams (SDRF and NDRF) reached within 2 hours as soon as the information was received, 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 clay soil, there was already a fear that the chances of successful rescue using indigenous jugaad were very less. The incident commanders (ADM and SDM) present on the spot could not start work 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 Higher level coordination between the teams and the incident commander remained poor during the entire rescue operation. The District Collector did not reach the spot for two days. The expert said that the decision to order the piling machine should have been taken immediately after the accident on December 24. ADM-SDM did not consider this seriously. For a long time, we kept relying on desi jugaad and hoping for a miracle.
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