Kolkata, June 24
Around the time the body of a four-year-old girl who had fallen into a borewell in Haryana was recovered after almost 90 hours, a teenaged boy fell into a 30-feet-deep well in West Bengal's Howrah district Sunday, a minister said. A rescue operation has launched.
Roshan, 17, a construction worker, slipped and fell into the well around 4 p.m. at Eksara area in Liluah town while trying to draw water, a witness said. This was around the time the body of four-year-old Mahi was recovered in Haryana's Manesar IMT.
Disaster Management, Fire and Emergency Services Minister Javed Khan said: "The fire brigade personnel are making all efforts to rescue him quickly. The disaster management group personnel are being called."