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Racing against time

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REACHING FOR SONU: A rescuer works his way down with the help of a rope, as a crane digs into the soil during an operation to rescue two-year-old Sonu Kumar trapped for more than 36 hours in a 150-foot -deep abandoned well in Leharkapurwa village near Agra, on Saturday. He had stopped responding to his parents’ voices and it is feared he may have lost consciousness. The rescue work suffered a setback following a mudslide in a parallel pit being dug to pull out the child, whose chances of survival appear to be slim. Constant supply of oxygen to the well is being maintained through a pipe.

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