- A four-year-old boy, Nirvair Singh, died after falling into a 70-metre-deep borewell in Dhaneora village, Haryana, India.
- The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when Nirvair wandered off and fell into the nine-inch-wide borewell while with his father in the family's fields.
- A 21-hour rescue operation involving the army and national disaster response teams was launched, but the boy was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital early on Wednesday.
- This tragedy has drawn attention to the persistent problem of open borewells across India, which have claimed the lives of many children over the years.
- Despite Supreme Court guidelines mandating the sealing of unused borewells, enforcement remains inconsistent, with authorities appealing to farmers to cover them to prevent future incidents.
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