Watch Video: Two-year-old child, stuck in 150-foot deep borewell; has tragic end

As per Hindustan Times report, a two-year-old child, who had fallen into a 150-foot-deep unused borewell in Punjab’s Sangrur, was declared dead on Tuesday morning.

The child identified as Fatehvir Singh, was rushed to PGI Chandigarh where doctors declared him dead. He was pulled out of the borewell on Tuesday morning after a rescue operation of over 110 hours.

According to Hindustan Times, the child was rescued around 5:30 am by National Disaster Response Force personnel. "Fatehvir has been pulled out of the borewell and he is being taken to hospital in an ambulance,” Sagrur Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said.

The toddler was stuck in the seven-inch wide borewell at a depth of 125 feet. The only child of his parents who had turned two on Monday, he fell into the borewell in a field when he was playing in Bhagwanpura village around 4 pm on Thursday.

The borewell was covered with a cloth and the boy accidentally stepped on it. His mother tried to rescue him, but failed, officials said.

A massive rescue operation was launched to bring the child safely out of the borewell. Officials managed to supply oxygen but no food or water could be provided to him. A parallel borewell of 36 inches in diameter was dug to rescue the child, reports Hindustan Times.