Rescuers Successfully Save 3-Year-Old Baby Who Fell Into 40ft Borewell While Playing With Friends

• Three-year-old Shubham Kumar is counting his blessings after he fell into an open hole but was rescued after an operation that lasted five hours
• The youngster was playing with his friends when he slipped and landed down into the gaping borewell
• Authorities revealed that the hole had been dug by a farmer who abandoned it after finding a different site where he sunk another hole

Rescuers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in India have successfully saved a three-year-old baby who accidentally fell into a 40-foot borewell.

The youngster named Shubham Kumar lost balance and dropped into the open well while playing with friends in their Kul village, Hindustan Times reports.

Operation lasted 5 hours

According to Nalanda Vice President Nalin Maurya, the open borewell was dug and abandoned by a farmer after he found a different spot for the same, but he was yet to close the first one.

Luckily for Kumar, rescuers responded fast to the distress call and managed to pull him to safety in an operation that lasted a painstaking about five hours

Official reports indicate that the little boy's health is stable and he is currently at a local hospital receiving emergency medical attention.

"The child is fine and has been rescued. He has been sent to hospital. It took us around five hours to rescue him" Ranjeet Kumar, NDRF officer told the media.

Kumar's story had a happy ending due to the fast response by rescuers and the fact that JCB machines were deployed to supply oxygen while he was being pulled from the hole.

5-year-old Rongai boy dies in sewer tank

The incident brings back heartbreaking memories of Lewis Onsare from Ongata Rongai who fell into an open sewer tank and died.

Lewis's mother Anne Chacha told TUKO.co.ke that the five-year-old fell into the tank at 4pm and stayed inside until 7pm when his lifeless body was pulled out.

According to the maize seller, planning a funeral for a child who left home in good health was too difficult to handle.

Anne lamented the fact that the owner of the house with the open sewer was yet to show up or offer any direction on the matter.