Shameful: Chetna was not even in the tunnel in which she was being rescued for 10 days

Chetna, who fell into a borewell in Kotputli, Rajasthan, has been taken out after the 10th day. Three-year-old Chetna, who came out of a 700 feet deep borewell, has died. She was hanging from a hook at a depth of 120 feet in the borewell for about eight days. On December 23, Chetna fell into the borewell and got stuck at a depth of about 150 feet. She was pulled up about 15-20 feet using a local Jugaad. Many questions are being raised on the rescue operation that lasted for 10 days to save Chetna. Chetna's family also accused the administration of negligence. Let us know why there was a delay in taking Chetna out of the borewell, what negligence was committed, what problems were faced in the rescue operation?

First read the four major negligences in the rescue operation

On Monday afternoon, 23 December, Chetna fell into a 700 feet deep borewell in Badiyali ki Dhani of Kiratpura in Kotputli. Negligence also started with this. According to the information, initially Chetna was at a depth of only 15 feet, but the family members tried to pull her out by throwing a rope on their own, due to which she went to a depth of 80 feet.

On 23 December, at around 1:50 pm, Chetna fell into the borewell. But, time was wasted in taking the decision to call NDRF and SDRF. The result of this was that the team was delayed in reaching and by then Chetna had reached a depth of 150 feet. If the team had reached on time, Chetna could have been stopped at a depth of 80 feet itself. If this had happened, Chetna could have come out many days ago.

The pipes were removed from the borewell before Chetna fell. Due to the mud around the borewell, it was very unlikely that Chetna could be pulled up using the desi Jugaad. Even after this, the officers kept wasting time on this and did not work on the other plan.

The SDM and ADM were leading the operation to rescue Chetna. It was revealed that the District Collector was on leave. Due to this, she did not reach the spot for two days. Due to this, the higher level coordination was poor. It took two days to decide to dig with a piling machine.

Five major challenges faced in the rescue operation

Three-year-old Chetna was at a depth of 160-170 feet. This depth proved to be the biggest challenge in this rescue operation. Till now, all such operations were limited to a depth of 40 to 100 feet. But, the depth here was more. The desi Jugaad could not work in the borewell without an eight-inch wide pipe. The equipments that were put into the borewell to rescue Chetna would get entangled with each other. In such a situation, they had to be taken out and sorted out.

Chetna was wearing warm clothes due to cold. As soon as she fell into the borewell, wet mud got stuck to her. This increased her weight. Once it also happened that the L-shaped rod sent inside the borewell to rescue Chetna became J-shaped due to pressure. At the same time, the rescue team was also having difficulty seeing Chetna due to the mud.

When the local Jugaad failed, a 170 feet deep pit had to be dug with a piling machine. Usually a piling machine does this work easily in five to six hours. But, here the situation was different. There were stones inside the ground. The raw stones found at a depth of up to 150 feet were easily cut, but after that it took time to cut the strong stones. During this, two piling machines were used, one with a 150 feet capacity and the other with a 171 feet capacity. Even after this, a 175 feet deep pit could not be dug.

Due to various problems, the rescue operation was getting delayed continuously. Meanwhile, the weather changed and it started raining. The rain ruined one and a half days, due to which the welding of the pipe to be put in the pit could not be done. The work was completed after the rain stopped, but it took time for the rescue team to get down as the pipe could not fit till the bottom.