MH-BOY-RESCUE

Boy rescued from 200-ft borewell after 16-hr rescue operation
    Pune, Feb 21 (PTI) A six-year-old boy trapped in a 200
feet deep borewell in Pune district was rescued Thursday after
a 16-hour-long operation involving police and disaster
response personnel.
    A crowd looked on as National Disaster Response Force
and police officials carried six-year-old Ravi Pandit Bhil,
who was stuck at a depth of 10 feet.
    Ravi, son of a road construction worker, fell into the
borewell Wednesday afternoon while playing near Thorandale
village, 70 km from Pune.
    The NDRF team said the boy was rescued at around 9 am
and is in good health. "The operation was very critical and
required meticulous planning to avoid any injury to the
child," an NDRF official said.
    "The NDRF was successful in saving the child. Our team
members worked painstakingly, never losing sight of the task.
Happy and satisfied that the child is fine and could be
rejoined with the family," the official said. PTI SPK VT
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