6-yr-old slips and falls into borewell; rescue efforts on

A six-year-old girl slipped and fell into a 30 foot borewell while playing with her friends at a village in the district and rescue efforts are on to get her out, an NDRF official said.
Kaveri was playing with her friends when she slipped and fell into the borwell yesterday evening at Jhunjharwadi village, a National Disaster Response Force member told reporters here today.
The official, who did not wish to be named, said the girl is trapped 30 feet down and rescue operations are facing hardships due to the hard soil and rocks around the borewell.
"We have dug a 10-feet tunnel so far and efforts are on to dig 20 feet more to reach Kaveri and pull her out of the borewell at the earliest," he said.

The rescue team earlier made a vain attempt to pull her out with hooks and ropes, he said.
The girl's mother, who fainted on learning about the incident, has been hospitalised, officials said
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said strict action would be initiated against the land owner and borewell contractor for the incident.
"It is the responsibility of the landowner and borewell contractor to inform the gram panchayat about the borewell being open without covering or fencing it," he said in Bengaluru.