2 elephants rescued from well

Two elephants were today rescued by forest department personnel from a well in which the jumbos had fallen accidentally at a village in Odisha's Sundargarh district, officials said.
The pachyderms - a female elephant and a male calf - proceeded into nearby forest after being rescued from the big well at Bareiguda village in Nuagaon block under Kuanrmunda Forest Range, said DFO, Rourkela, Sanjeet Kumar.
The animals fell into the more than 15 feet deep well with water level of around six feet last night after which the forest department officials were informed.
The DFO said he despatched the rescue team soon after getting the news. The team reached the spot with earthmover machines and other tools and wooden logs.

Soon with the help of the machine a ramp was dug up so that the duo could walk out.
After prolonged effort, the female elephant came out first and then the calf.
"With our previous experience we dug up the ramp for the rescue and also the villagers helped us a lot in the whole operation," said DFO Kumar.