4-year-old boy who fell into 220-foot-deep borewell in Ambala dies after 21-hour rescue operation

The boy, Nirvair Singh, was brought out of the borewell at around 3:45 am and was immediately rushed by ambulance to the Sub-Divisional Civil Hospital in Ambala Cantonment, where doctors declared him dead.

Singh was pulled out by a team from the Army, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), using hooks and special equipment, from the nine-inch-wide borewell after multiple failed attempts.

The rescuers were also planning to dig a parallel shaft on Wednesday if the attempts continued to fail, but the presence of two water tables became a hurdle, as they could fill the newly dug pit with water immediately.