Pb CM directs DCs to ensure no open borewell remains in state

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday directed all deputy commissioners to ensure no open borewell remains in the state, amid ongoing efforts to rescue a two-year-old boy stuck in a 150-foot-deep borewell in Sangrur district for over 100 hours.

Fatehvir, the only child of his parents, fell into the unused borewell while playing near his house in Bhagwanpura village around 4 pm Thursday.

"Have directed all DCs to ensure that no such open borewell exists in any of the districts and have asked them to submit a report within 24 hours," the chief minister tweeted on Monday.

Meanwhile, opposition parties such as the SAD, AAP and BJP Monday hit out at the Congress-led government for the "unprofessional and tardy" rescue operation.

The parties alleged that the rescuers lacked requisite expertise and technology in dealing with such an emergency situation.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said, "The results would have been very different had the chief minister acted speedily and called in experts for the boy's aid."
BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh also lashed out at the state government, and said, "The state government can take help from the centre in carrying out the operation."