Boy trapped in borewell rescued after 16-hr op

Pune | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

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During the rescue operation, Bhil and More kept talking to Ravi. I do not have words to thank them,” said Pandit Bhil. PUNE: After a 16-hour rescue operation, a 31-member team of the National Disaster Response Force pulled six-year-old Ravi Bhil out of the borewell he was trapped in at 9am on Thursday.Ravi had fallen into an open borewell at Thorandale village in Ambegaon taluka on Wednesday at 4.30pm. Though the locals had started the rescue efforts, the NDRF experts reached the spot and started their operation at about 7.45pm and continued it all night long.NDRF deputy commandant Alok Kumar, who led the team, said the operation required meticulous planning. We are outsiders, but the locals, police and NDRF helped us..