Amaravati: A two-year-old boy accidentally fell into an open borewell in Guntur district last evening and was successfully rescued after a 10-hour operation by the National Disaster Response Force and other teams.

Amaravati: A two-year-old boy accidentally  fell into an open borewell in Guntur district last evening and  was successfully rescued after a 10-hour operation by the  National Disaster Response Force and other teams.  

The child is now undergoing treatment in the Government  General Hospital in Guntur and is expected to be discharged  later today.  The boy Chandrasekhar's parents, villagers of  Ummadipalem and the rescue teams erupted in cheers as he was  slowly brought out from the borewell around 2.30 am.  A 30-feet wide parallel crater was dug from where the  NDRF team inserted a plank into the borewell at 22-feet so  that the boy -- stuck at about 15 feet -- did not slip  further.

From there he was carefully pulled out, a NDRF  official said.  A mobile phone was also lowered into the borewell to let  the child hear the voice of his parents as the rescue  operation continued, the official added.  The 40-member NDRF team was led by Deputy Commandant  Madhusudan Reddy.  Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister (Home) N China  Rajappa congratulated the NDRF, police and revenue teams over  the successful operation.  

He said in a statement this morning that steps would  be taken to close all defunct borewells in the state to  prevent such untoward incidents.  Health Minister K Srinivasa Rao visited the child in the  hospital today and said his condition was stable.PTI