Child falls into borewell in Ujjain, dies; CM announces Rs 4 lakh aid for family

BHOPAL: (Apr 11) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday expressed grief over the death of a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Ujjain, and announced Rs 4 lakh assistance for the family.

Bhagirath slipped into the well at Jhalaria village under Badnagar tehsil, about 75 km from Ujjain, between 7 pm and 7:30 pm on Thursday. He was pulled out after nearly 23 hours of effort but could not be saved. Bhagirath was rushed to a hospital immediately on Friday evening, where doctors declared him dead.

"The news of Bhagirath's death after falling into a borewell in Jhalaria village under Badnagar in Ujjain is extremely sad. The district administration, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams began a rescue operation immediately after receiving information, but unfortunately the child could not be saved," Yadav said in a post on X.