Efforts to save Mahi go in vain

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In a setback to the massive efforts of over 100 officials from Army, fire, police, Gurgaon Rapid Metrorail, health and revenue departments, and locals involved in drilling the pit parallel to the borewell, four-year-old girl Mahi, who fell into the borewell at Kho village near Manesar while playing with her friends on June 20, her fourth birthday, was pulled out dead on Sunday afternoon.
A doctor who was present at the site said the administration had started providing oxygen into the borewell around nine to ten hours after the girl’s fall.
A private person installed the camera inside the borewell, voluntarily, to monitor the condition and situation of the child, said a senior police official.
When hard rocks hampered the rescue works, a couple of private persons, expert in stone-cutting came forward to cut the stone.
The hard rock slab, located in the horizontal tunnel between the borewell and the pit, was dug up to rescue Mahi and caused major delay in the rescue operation.
The contribution of locals in cutting the slab was very significant, said joint commissioner of police Anil Rao.
Deputy commissioner P.C. Meena, who supervised the whole operation, said the administration left no stone unturned and did its best to save the child.
Lack of sufficient space to move quickly and fast was one reason for the delay, he said.
Meanwhile, Mahi’s body was handed over to her parents who proceeded towards their native place at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, for the last rites.