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Abdullah Abulayan, a Saudi native, has funded the construction of over 30 borewells for poor families.
Rahul Das, a courier service employee, was returning home after work on Sunday at 11 pm when the accident occurred.
Digging a borewell illegally (without complying with the norms) would attract a fine of Rs 1 lakh and the wells without registration will attract a fine of Rs 25,000.
The prisoners at this jail in Kollam district were forced to take bath only once in two or three days as the water in the well and rainwater harvesting tank on the prison premises was insufficient to meet even their basic requirements as well as for cooking.
Chottanikkara: The dangerous levels of mercury and cyanide detected in well water of Kureekkad area, near Chottanikara has set off panic among residents of the 20 households in the region. It is feared that a private gold jewellery manufacturing unit nearby is the source of contaminants. After the
The boy fell into the borewell at Nadukattupatt around 5:30 pm on Friday and fire service personnel have been striving to pull him out since then.
Revathi Sanjana was playing in the tub last night as her parents sat glued to the TV watching the attempts of rescuers to try and extricate the three-year-old child.
Repeat incidents of children falling into abandoned borewells in Tamil Nadu had prompted the state government to notify rules early in 2015, mandating safety measures, including filling discarded wells upto ground level.
Sujith Wilson had fallen into the disused farm borewell while playing near his house in Nadukattupatti on Friday evening, and various central and state agencies were called in to rescue him.
The chief minister's decision came after a child fell into the borewell that was covered with cement bags on Thursday evening. Lack of expertise and technical snags have deterred the rescue efforts.
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