Borewell

December 18, 2023

Kanhangad youth dies in bike crash 18 years after borewell mishap kills brother

Rahul Das, a courier service employee, was returning home after work on Sunday at 11 pm when the accident occurred.

January 31, 2023
Rs 1 lakh penalty for drilling borewells without permit; revised order issued

Digging a borewell illegally (without complying with the norms) would attract a fine of Rs 1 lakh and the wells without registration will attract a fine of Rs 25,000.
November 04, 2019
Borewell deaths: After Trichy tragedy, 5-year-old girl dies in Karnal

The incident comes days after the decomposed and mangled body of a three-year-old boy, Sujith Wilson, was pulled out from deep inside an unused borewell, after a futile 80-hour attempt to save the child.
October 29, 2019
Girl drowns in water tub as parents watch Sujith's rescue ops on TV

Revathi Sanjana was playing in the tub last night as her parents sat glued to the TV watching the attempts of rescuers to try and extricate the three-year-old child.
October 29, 2019
Tamil Nadu's 2015 law to seal unused wells does little to prevent borewell accidents

Repeat incidents of children falling into abandoned borewells in Tamil Nadu had prompted the state government to notify rules early in 2015, mandating safety measures, including filling discarded wells upto ground level.
October 29, 2019
Two-year-old Sujith stuck in borewell dies after 3 days

Sujith Wilson had fallen into the disused farm borewell while playing near his house in Nadukattupatti on Friday evening, and various central and state agencies were called in to rescue him.
October 26, 2019
Boy trapped in TN borewell slips further as rescue operations continue

The boy fell into the borewell at Nadukattupatt around 5:30 pm on Friday and fire service personnel have been striving to pull him out since then.

Borewell

Kanhangad youth dies in bike crash 18 years after borewell mishap kills brother

Rs 1 lakh penalty for drilling borewells without permit; revised order issued

Borewell deaths: After Trichy tragedy, 5-year-old girl dies in Karnal

Girl drowns in water tub as parents watch Sujith's rescue ops on TV

Tamil Nadu's 2015 law to seal unused wells does little to prevent borewell accidents

Two-year-old Sujith stuck in borewell dies after 3 days

Boy trapped in TN borewell slips further as rescue operations continue

2-year-old child pulled out of borewell after 110 hours, dies

Punjab CM orders closure of all open borewells

Panic spreads after mercury, cyanide detected in well water