Jaipur, Dec 26 || Over 68 hours on, rescue efforts are underway to pull out a three-year-old girl who fell into a 700-foot-deep borewell in Rajasthan's Kotputli-Behror district.
A 160-foot-deep pit was being dug to facilitate a tunnel that would enable rescuers to reach the child.
On Thursday at 6 a.m., another piling machine was pressed into service to expedite the process. Rescue teams aim to reach the target depth soon, after which a specialised team of "rat miners" from Uttarakhand will dig a horizontal tunnel toward the borewell, said officials.
District Collector Kalpana Agarwal inspected the rescue site late Wednesday night and discussed the ongoing operation with officials.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in-charge Yogesh Meena said: "A stone obstructed progress at 155 feet, necessitating a change in the piling machine's bit. Digging resumed and has now reached 160 feet, with an additional 10 feet needed before horizontal manual digging can begin. This phase involves excavating an 8-9-foot tunnel to reach the borewell and rescue Chetna, with the possibility of completing the operation today."