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| Army and police engineers in northern India are racing against time to rescue a two-year-old girl who fell down a deep well on Tuesday evening. | Army and police engineers in northern India are racing against time to rescue a two-year-old girl who fell down a deep well on Tuesday evening. |
| The child, named only as Vandana, was playing outside her house when she fell more than 40ft (12 metres) down a man-made well in Tehra, Uttar Pradesh. | The child, named only as Vandana, was playing outside her house when she fell more than 40ft (12 metres) down a man-made well in Tehra, Uttar Pradesh. |
| The army is digging parallel to the well to try and tunnel through to the child, who has been heard crying. | The army is digging parallel to the well to try and tunnel through to the child, who has been heard crying. |
| Indian TV channels have been showing pictures from the rescue scene. | Indian TV channels have been showing pictures from the rescue scene. |
| The CNN-IBN channel showed local people performing prayers for the girl at the site. | |
| Hundreds of locals have come out to watch the rescue operation, hoping to see Vandana brought out alive and well. | |
| Precarious situation | |
| Oxygen is being pumped to the young girl and army personnel say she is breathing. | Oxygen is being pumped to the young girl and army personnel say she is breathing. |
| Local people have been performing prayers for the trapped girl | |
| They have also sent down glucose, water and biscuits while the parents have been able to talk to her. | They have also sent down glucose, water and biscuits while the parents have been able to talk to her. |
| But the situation is precarious as there is a fear of the well collapsing if the digging is carried out too quickly. | But the situation is precarious as there is a fear of the well collapsing if the digging is carried out too quickly. |
| So the army is moving slowly and carefully, while doctors and an ambulance stand by. | So the army is moving slowly and carefully, while doctors and an ambulance stand by. |
| "A parallel bore-well is being dug and we hope with the help of the army the girl will be rescued safely," the deputy inspector general of police, Kamal Saxena, told national news channel, NDTV. | "A parallel bore-well is being dug and we hope with the help of the army the girl will be rescued safely," the deputy inspector general of police, Kamal Saxena, told national news channel, NDTV. |
| This is not the first time a child has fallen down wells left carelessly open in India. | This is not the first time a child has fallen down wells left carelessly open in India. |
| Earlier this year, a young boy was rescued from a deep well in the southern state of Karnataka. | Earlier this year, a young boy was rescued from a deep well in the southern state of Karnataka. |