Tragic End to 57-Hour Rescue: 5-Year-Old Dies After Falling into Borewell in Rajasthan

A 57-hour-long rescue operation to save a five-year-old boy trapped in a borewell in Rajasthan's Dausa ended tragically, as the child was declared dead upon retrieval.

Aryan fell into the 150-foot-deep borewell on Monday afternoon while playing in Kalikhad village.

Rescuers launched efforts using JCBs, drilling machines, and a piling rig to dig a parallel tunnel. Oxygen was supplied through a pipe, and his movements were monitored via CCTV cameras. However, challenges such as high water levels, underground steam obscuring visuals, and safety risks for the rescue team hindered progress.

Aryan was pulled out unconscious, and a green corridor was swiftly set up to rush him to a hospital with an advanced life-support ambulance, but doctors declared him dead.

This tragedy follows a similar incident in September when a two-year-old girl was rescued after being trapped in a 35-foot borewell in Dausa’s Bandikui area for 18 hours.