In arid areas of north India people dig wells in search of groundwater at a depth ranging from 100 to 200 feet. Sufficient caution to guard the wells on the surface seems to lack because of which there are often the cases when unsuspecting children fall into them while playing.
Early this month a 6-year old boy fell into one such borewell at Nimeda village in Rajasthan, and when he was rescued after 50 hours of effort he was found dead. A similar mishap occurred some days back at Howrah district of the state when a handicapped youth slipped on the slush amid rains and fell into a borewell. He too died.
Tragic incidents such as above must be a regular occurrence at countryside, but now they’re coming to fore thanks to an agile media on constant lookout for sensational news.
But India is not the only country where these happen. Yesterday at South Carolina in US a teenager, 15-year old Jeffrey Johnson, fell into an 80-feet deep abandoned well in a bush. He however escaped unscathed following a prompt rescue.
Here is a video of Jeffrey after he was rescued.
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