The Supreme Court almost 7years back ordered the Central and state governments to take up precautionary measures near bore wells to avoid accidents. It’s nearly 40hours since the 14month-old Chinnari in Telangana has been trapped in the bore well due to sheer negligence of bore-well owners and authorities. Despite the efforts of police, the civic body and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to rescue her, the situation remains tense at the abandoned bore well in Chevella town.

The girl who was yet to be named was fondly called as ‘Chinnari’ by parents Yadagiri and Renuka. The kid was playing with her elder sister Harshita when she accidentally slipped into the 45-foot deep borewell.

Continuous supply of oxygen is being sent into the bore-well with the help of 108 ambulance staff. The team sent Robotic hand which pulled the baby half way through only to drop her as it couldn’t hold properly. They tried to remove the submersible water motor through which the NDRF team hoped to pull the baby. This experiment failed as, the kid went 100ft further deep into the well.

Simultaneously, using proclainers, soil is being dug in parallel but it would take at least a fortnight to be able to reach the level at which the kid is stuck. The digging is in progress and NDRF teams with suggestions from ONGC are trying to pull the baby. There is hardly any progress, as the child is no longer visible. The approach has been experimental and there are no predefined rescue approaches.

Chinnari’s parents hail from Yaalal mandal migrated to Chennvelli village for livelihood. On the day when India could send a satellite for tracking, this incident show cases that the country lacks in technology to safeguard children from human error.

As per the guidelines of the apex court of the country the abandoned borewell has to be filled up by clay/sand/ pebbels from bottom to ground level.

Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy has been scrutinising the rescue operations taken up by the police and revenue departments.