India, April 4 -- The two-year-old boy, who had fallen into an open borewell in Karnataka's Vijayapura district while playing has successfully been rescued, reports said. The child was stuck in the 16 feet deep borewell for more than 18 hours.

Authorities rushed to the spot to assess the situation, and supplied oxygen to the toddler through a pipeline while carrying out the rescue operation. The incident happened on Wednesday evening in Indi taluk's Lachayan village.

Rescue personnel could see the boy throughout the operation through a camera that was dropped into the borewell. The boy had fallen into the pit head first, and officials dug a parallel pit - about 21 feet deep - to rescue him, news agency PTI reported.

A medical team, tha...