Patna: 10-year-old boy who fell into sewer yet to be found
Deepak Kumar was on his way back home after giving food to his father, on Novemeber 17, when he slipped near his house into the four-feet deep sewer.
In Short
- Teams of the SDRF, NDRF are on the operation to find deepak since 3 days
- Army teams will also join the rescue operation now
- Deepak's father said the rescue efforts were inadequate
A 10-year-old boy, who fell into a sewer in Patna's Punaichak area on November 17, has not been rescued even three days after the mishap.
Deepak Kumar was on his way back home after giving food to his father when he slipped near his house into a four-feet deep sewer. The Patna Municipal Corporation and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) began the rescue work soon after.
Teams of the SDRF and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been on the operation to find the boy for three days.
The rescue teams, on Tuesday, threw a statue of Deepak into the sewer in a fresh effort to locate the boy.
Deepak's father, Guddu Ram, however, has said that the efforts being made were inadequate. He said that the rescue teams searched only 100 m of the sewer in 72 hours, indicating the slow pace of the operation. He urged the administration to put in more efforts to trace Deepak.
Deputy Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation Vishal Anand admitted that the absence of barricading near the sewer was an act of grave negligence.
Army teams will also join the rescue operation now.
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