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Race to free India girl from well Indian baby girl freed from well
(about 1 hour later)
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 engineers in northern India have rescued a two-year-old girl who spent 27 hours trapped in a deep well.
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 excavated earth parallel to the well in order to tunnel through to the child, who had been heard crying earlier in the day.
Indian TV channels have been showing pictures from the rescue scene. Indian TV showed live pictures of crowds celebrating at the scene.
The CNN-IBN channel showed local people performing prayers for the girl at the site. Hundreds of locals had gathered to watch the rescue operation, with many of them performing prayers for the girl's safety.
Hundreds of locals have come out to watch the rescue operation, hoping to see Vandana brought out alive and well.
Precarious situationPrecarious situation
Oxygen is being pumped to the young girl and army personnel say she is breathing. Oxygen was pumped to the young girl during the rescue operation.
Local people have been performing prayers for the trapped girlLocal 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. Army rescue experts sent down glucose, water and biscuits.
But the situation is precarious as there is a fear of the well collapsing if the digging is carried out too quickly. The parents of the girl were also able to communicate with her.
So the army is moving slowly and carefully, while doctors and an ambulance stand by. The rescue effort had to proceed slowly amid fears that the excavation work could cause the well to collapse.
"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. Children in rural India frequently fall down wells that have been left carelessly uncovered.
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.