Indian rescue teams have been working for hours to get a man out alive. two-year-old boy trapped in a well more than five meters away deep in the state of Karnataka, in the south of the country.

This was confirmed this Thursday by official sources cited by Efe: “Rescue operations continue“said Atin Kumar, police superintendent of the Indi region, where several government agencies have been trying to rescue the little boy for some time. more than 16 hours.

The Indi Police sub-inspector has in turn pointed out that the rescue is in the final phase and that it could be a matter of hours, while the rescue teams ensure that the child is still alive. About 100 people are participating in the operation, including personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Force (SDRF), as well as police and firefighters, as indicated.

The incident occurred this Wednesday in the town of Lachayan, when the boy fell into a narrow open well near your house. “The district administration has been instructed to carry out a full-scale operation to protect the child, and we are receiving information about it instantly,” the Minister of Commerce and Industry of Karnataka, MB Patil, reported on social media.

‘NDTV’ television has shown images of the rescue operations in the area, where the teams they have dug a tunnel near the well and ensured oxygen flow through a series of tubes.

The deputy commissioner of Indi, Abid Gadyal, has indicated, in statements collected by the newspaper ‘Indian Express’, that the authorities have summoned doctors to the scene of the accident and placed waiting for an ambulance to transport the child to the hospital.

India experienced a similar situation last June, when a two year old girl was trapped in a 100-meter-deep well in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. After more than 50 hours of rescue operations, the teams found the lifeless body of the minor.