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Two-year-old Sonu brought out dead from borewell

Agra, October 13:: The lifeless body of two-year-old Sonu was on Monday pulled out by rescue workers, four days after he fell into a 150-ft deep borewell that was carelessly left uncovered allegedly by district authorities in Shamsabad town in Agra. Army and paramilitary personnel had joined locals in digging a p ....Read more

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sonu case of borewellBy: kiran | Saturday , 18 Oct '08 9:35:57 AM Reply | Forward its not fine from the father of the child accusing the rescue operation team. there is even the neglegence of the parents leaving their child near the borewell even after knowing that there is a borewell there.

accountabilityBy: vishal | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 20:17:57 PM Reply | Forward Letme tell you how to stop these kind of things from happening - Choice 1 : The court throws the officials whose negligence caused this in jail for 20 years citing "death of a minor due to negligence" choice 2 : the public grabs hold of the officials and stomp the life out of them. Next time when a borewell is dug, the officials incharge of that particular borewell will be out at 10 in the night to inspect that the hole is properly covered. It is human nature of relax and let things fly unless they are afraid of the consequences. Make them afraid of the consequences. Things will automatically change. Let them go scot free and 6 months later you will be writing another sorry comment for some other Munnu losing his life to these borewells.

Sonu's deathBy: Sunil Sahasrabudhe | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 9:39:47 AM Reply | Forward There are no words to describe sonu's parents mental condition. But then this thing was waiting to happen when careless authorities and equally careless parents are out there. It's unfortunate that a child lost his life for no fault of him. My sympathies with every parent who have lost their child or children. May sonu's soul rest in peace.

SonuBy: Abraham | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 8:45:43 AM Reply | Forward So sad of Sonu a little one lost life because of someone else negligence. I can't imagine how the little one would have battled for life in that pit 70ft below. We as indians do not have a basic habit of safety. We find pits dug up by telephone dept., municpal corporation and all others who are eligible to dig and leave the open pit for someone to die. We need to act fast file a PIL (public interest litigation) aganist this and punish them for what the do.

How many more deaths are they going to wait for?By: Suchitra Poduval | Monday , 13 Oct '08 23:40:24 PM Reply | Forward How many more deaths of young innocent victims are they going to wait for? Why isn't there a system in place? And why a system, don't they have any common sense or sense of humanity even? That a borewell left open is a sheer invitation for death and only for little kids?? All they need to so is close it up!! The engineers who are in charge of such operations ought to be hanged, not just suspended, because they are too shameless to be affected by just a suspension. Madam, Mayawati, wake up!!

those calling parents irresponsibleBy: pranav singh | Monday , 13 Oct '08 21:22:36 PM Reply | Forward Has anyone even seen the poor laborers toiling out like cattle to earn a decent meal. They can't be vigilant of their kids all the time. Unless smart Alecs on this forum sponsor them a baby sitter. It is the duty of their employer to provide safe working conditions. Leaving borewell uncovered has no excuse and the irresponsible employers must be held responsible.

Can the parents be more responsible ?By: Vivek | Monday , 13 Oct '08 20:02:47 PM Reply | Forward What were the parents of the child doing and where were they when the incident happened ??How about the parents be more responsible and watch where their two year old is running about.Definitely the people that left the borewell uncovered must take a part of the blame but so must the parents of the child. With such carelessness if it wasn't a borewell that caused the mishap, it would have been something else like a moving vehicle.

Parents By: miithaa | Thursday , 16 Oct '08 3:35:36 AM Reply | Forward Exactly, I totally agree with that. Parents are equally responsible for this. Atleast the mother could have been more responsible when they know that a borewell had been dug and left opened. Does the 2 yr old child know to be responsible? Okay, next is the residents of the local area, why are we waiting for the reponsible people here? why won't we take the initiative to close the borewell atleast temporarily? I can understand his parents state of mind now and i feel sorry for blaming them for what has happened but this is the fact.

Bore-well death/deathsBy: To | Monday , 13 Oct '08 19:58:05 PM Reply | Forward Well, using words to describe the mental state of parents after the loss of their child is not something easy and hard to understand. What I dont understand is where were the parents when the child was left unattended to, which world were they in? Was it not their fault to leave a 2 year old to his wish? Nevertheless the authorities have been irresponsible by leaving the dug-out open, an easy invitation to death! Not just the authorities but the parents need to be punished too.

AtrociousBy: Ram | Monday , 13 Oct '08 18:34:50 PM Reply | Forward It is so disheartening to hear this terrible news. Those people responsible should be hanged for this gross negligence. Politicians, arise, awake, come out and work towards the betterment of the people, not betterment of yourself and your family. May Sonu's sould rest in peace.

Lesson from the mistakesBy: Selva | Monday , 13 Oct '08 18:06:51 PM Reply | Forward The same type of incident is happening again and again and it doesn't seem that the concerned authorities are taking any action against the perpetrators of such a crime. They should be punished severely in such a way so that everyone should be conscious about their duty.

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