At around 09.30 a.m the Fire and Rescue Services Station at Arcot Fire and Rescue Services Station received the information about falling of a child in the abandoned deep borewell at Koorambadi Village, Arcot. The personnel of the Station immediately rushed to the spot and found that the child Tamilarasan, aged 2 1/2 years trapped at a depth of 18 feet.
The crew immediately tried to rescue to child using rope and special deep borewell rescue equipment which was procured by the department recently. Arrangements were made to supply oxygen into the deep borewell. To rescue the child quickly, simultaneously a parallel well was digged using bulldozers and rock demolishing compressors. After the tireless effort of 8 hours the child was rescued unconsciously and rushed to nearby hospital. Later the child succumbed to suffocation.
