Documentary film will be made on the longest rescue operation to safely evacuate child trapped in borewell
16-Jun-2022
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Words will fall short to appreciate the dedication and hard work of entire rescue team: Chief Minister Mr. Baghel
The mission was arduous with many hurdles and struggles, but the courage of team was mightier
Cost of education and medical expenses of Rahul Sahu will be borne by the state government
Rahul and rescue team will be honored again in Rajyotsava
Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel said that a documentary film should be made on the rescue operation conducted to safely evacuate 10-year-old Rahul trapped in a borewell in Janjgir-Champa district so that people across the country could better understand the experiences of rescue team. This film will also give an important lesson to prevent such incidents in future.
He was addressing a ceremony organized at his residence office here today to honor district administration officials, NDRF and SDRF team, Army and Police personnel and other officials and people for their outstanding efforts to rescue the child trapped in the borewell of village Pihrid in Janjgir-Champa district.
On the occasion, Mr. Baghel announced that the entire cost of Rahul's education and medical expenses would be borne by the state government. Expressing his heartfelt gratitude to the entire rescue team, he said “The mission was arduous with many hurdles and struggles and has been accomplished only because of your understanding, hard work, dedication and courage. A documentary film based on the entire incident should be made so that people can watch it, understand it and to avoid such incidents in future. The child Nazrul and the whole team, who pulled out child Rahul Sahu from the borewell, will be invited and honored in the Rajyotsava as well.”
Heaping praise on the entire team, Chief Minister said “You all stood firm even in adverse circumstances and made untiring efforts round the clock, working in the scorching heat and uncomfortable hot nights, to save the boy. Rahul’s courage and bravery kept the hopes of his rescuers alive, boosting their morale to keep moving.”
He added that a number of challenges were faced during the massive rescue operation. However, there was no dearth of courage and enthusiasm among the team. All the necessary machineries and manpower were made available. Soon after receiving information about the incident, all teams and experts concerned were informed. He said that the team has worked tirelessly round the clock for 5 days in this rescue operation that lasted for 104 hours. Words will fall short to appreciate the dedication and hard work of entire team.
Agriculture Minister Mr. Ravindra Choubey, MLA Mr. Ramkumar Yadav, Director General of Police Mr. Ashok Juneja, Additional Chief Secretary Mr. Subrat Sahoo, Principal Secretary Mr. Manoj Kumar Pingua, Chief Minister’s Secretary Mr. Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi, Army Brigadier Mr. Vignesh Mohanty, Commissioner Public Relations Mr. Dipanshu Kabra, Bilaspur IG Mr. Ratanlal Dangi, Janjgir-Champa Collector Mr. Jitendra Shukla, Superintendent of Police Mr. Vijay Aggarwal, Director Public Relations Mr. Saumil Ranjan Choubey and members of the rescue team were among those present on the occasion.
At the programme, Collector Janjgir-Champa Mr. Jitendra Shukla gave detailed information about the rescue operation. He said that Chief Minister had given clear instructions to make every possible effort to rescue Rahul from the borewell safe and sound. Chief Minister had assured of providing all the resources required for the rescue operation. NDRF and SDRF teams took their positions, the army reached on the spot as well. The rescue team faced several tough challenges, many stubborn obstacles on the way, even venomous snakes, but none of these challenges could dampen the courage of the rescue team. Chief Minister closely monitored the entire operation. People of adjacent villages also came forward to help in the recue operation.
IG Bilaspur range Mr. Ratanlal Dangi said that this operation has proven that “Chhattisgarhiya Sable Badhiya”. We were continuously discussing the situation. Chief Minister had promised Rahul’s grandmother that Rahul be rescued at all cost and he will be home safe and sound. Circumstances were beyond difficult, but the hard work of the team, leadership of Chief Minister and the prayers of everyone made the operation successfull. Janjgir-Champa SP Mr. Vijay Agrawal also thanked Chief Minister for his supervision and appreciated the way he boosted the morale of the rescue team, and ensured availability of all the resources required. Expert teams from Bilaspur, Raigarh and Korba had also came all the way to support the rescue team.
Director Public Relations Mr. Saumil Ranjan Choubey said that team of Public Relations Department worked 24x7, especially the officials and employees of the Directorate of Public Relations. They played an important role in timely conveying the factual information to media. PR team brought the entire Chhattisgarh together and got everyone emotionally involved. He told that Assistant Public Relations Officer Mr. Kamal Jyoti Jahire and his team worked continuously for 72 hours without sleeping. More than 100 tweets were made from CMO handle, which is more than the number of breaking news of any news channel. In this campaign, we constantly brought positive and true news to the news channels. This 104-hour long campaign tied entire Chhattisgarh in a single thread. Under the guidance of the Chief Minister, the entire rescue operation was conducted and completed successfully. The technical team involved in the rescue operation, lights, tents, generators, welding machines, gas cutters, machinery labour providers, borewell camera setup operators, drilling, poclain operators, rescue team of SECL and food providers were also felicitated in the programme.
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