I WONDER : IN ADDITION TO TAJ MAHAL, AGRA IS ALSO KNOWN FOR OPEN BOREWELLs. DM SAHAB YOU ARE STILL SERVING WITH PRIDE. YOU MUST BE TOO GOOD !!!!!!!!!
Agra, Oct 27 (IANS) Army personnel were Tuesday called in to rescue two brothers who fell into a 50-foot deep bore-well in a village in Agra district Monday evening. However, officials at the spot said they were uncertain the two are still alive.
Masons Lal Singh and Netrapal, both in their early forties, were cementing the peripheral wall of a widened, open bore-well, in Burhan village, 30 km from the city. The two had almost finished their work around 4 p.m. Monday, when a part of the wall caved in and the two fell into the well, an official said.
Local residents and government employees kept digging Monday night but to little avail.
The army’s help was sought by the district administration Tuesday morning. Army personnel reached the spot and, using machines, have dug down to 35 feet but it is estimated that it would still take several hours for them to reach the victims, as the soil is sandy. Rescue operations will further be hampered as it will soon get dark.
Hundreds of villagers have reached the accident site. The children of the two and their 85-year-old mother Bhudevi, along with other relatives, are also present at the spot.
Villagers have almost given up hope the two brothers being alive.
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