Fatehveer death case: All that was needed to prevent this tragedy — A Rs 500 borewell cap
Soon after the body of two-year-old Fatehveer was pulled out of a 125-ft bore well in an over 100-hr rescue operation that many said was botched, Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked the deputy commissioners of all districts to get open bore wells closed.
CAP to close the mouth of a borewell costs not more than Rs 500-700, according to agriculture equipment manufacturers. But in Punjab, several borewells lie open due to a superstition among some farmers — that the mouth of a borewell should not be closed as they consider water to be ‘khwaja pir’ (water god).
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