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Rescuers race to save Indian girl, 3, stuck 150ft down 700ft well for five days

A rescue operation to save Chetna, a three-year-old who is stuck 150ft down a 700ft well in the village of Kotputli in Rajasthan., India, is now in its fifth day as teams struggle to reach the youngster who has gone 90 hours without food or water

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A rescue operation is underway as teams work hard to save Chetna from a 150ft drop(Image: ANI)

A rescue operation is underway to save a girl who is stuck 150ft down a well.

Three-year-old Chetna plunged 150ft down a 700ft well on Monday (December 23) and rescue operators have been working round the clock since then to get her out. The young girl spent more than 90 hours without food or water and is said to be very weak and unable to move in the well located in the Indian village of Kotputli in Rajasthan.

The youngster has been trapped underground for five days while emergency services have raced against the clock to get Chetna out. They are monitoring her with a video camera and are supplying her with oxygen through a pipe.

Manual excavations have been carried out the last three days in an attempt to free the three-year-old, with a series of different techniques trialled, according to local press. None have been successful so far. District Collector Kalpana Aggarwal says the team has resorted to digging pits and then digging horizontally from below to reach Chetna.

A pile-driving machine has since been brought to the site to dig the tunnel, with a 100-tonne crane also dispatched to the trapping as a way of speeding up the digging process. Distressing footage has since shown the excavator at work, digging up a tunnel while emergency workers wait alongside.

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Rescue operators are still working on rescuing Chetna

But rainfall has hindered the rescue operation as rescue teams find themselves prevented from descending into the well to reach Chetna. Waterproof tents are being set up so that the well is safely covered while a first aid team is on standby next to the borehole to treat Chetna if she is rescued.

A plan is already in place to transfer the three-year-old to Kotputli hospital as soon as she is rescued. Her family is anxiously awaiting updates on her rescue. Her distressed mother's health is believed to have rapidly declined due to the incident, the Daily Mail reported.

It comes after a separate rescue operation to save a boy from a floating bubble in the middle of the sea. The Mirror reported the incident which saw Rafael Graa do Prado, 32, intervene and come to the young boy's rescue. The boy, who is said to be eight, was playing with his parents on the beach when the bubble's rope snapped.

He said: "I was worried about whether he was able to breathe or not because the balls can be dangerous. There is a certain amount of time that you can breathe inside it. I calmed him down, and that was when my daughter started filming. He was very scared, alone in the middle of the sea. I asked him if he was breathing well and he gave me a thumbs up.

"People rent them and leave them here on the shore, holding them by a rope. However, the rope came loose and a strong wind came, which blew the ball away. In fact, it had already hit the rocks and was punctured, it was leaking."

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