A 11-year-old boy fell into a 80-feet deep bore well in a village in Janjgir-Champa district on Friday.
Superintendent of Police, Janjgir Champa, Vijay Agarwal, said that the rescue operation is underway and teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state disaster response force (SDRF) have been called to assist.
He further said that the child, identified as Rahul Sahu, fell into the abandoned bore well in the backyard of his house in Pihrid village in Malkharoda development block.
On hearing the child’s cries from the borewell, his family members informed other villagers, he said.
Soon after being alerted about it, district administration and police officials reached the spot and launched the rescue work, he said.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said late Friday night that a team of NDRF Odisha has reached the villlage for the rescue operation.
