Sujith Wilson rescue: O Panneerselvam visits site, consoles parents

Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nu Panneerselvam visited rescue operation site where efforts are underway to rescue a two-year-old Sujith Wilson who fell into a borewell in Tiruchirappalli district.

Deputy CM visits Sujith's parents

deputy CM was accompanied by his son and Lok Sabha MP OP Raveendranath Kumar. Deputy CM also visited parents of toddler and consoled m, later y monitored rescue operations at site. toddler fell into a pothole on Friday when he was playing outside his house. Rescue teams rushed to site and operations were underway,unfortunately, toddler slipped furr down and is w stuck at 100 feet into borewell.

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Rescue operations underway

Currently, six teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), as well as State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), have been deployed to rescue Wilson. Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, Revenue Minister RB Udayakumar and Commissioner of Revenue ministration J Rhakrishnan are present at spot, directing authorities concerned to try ir best to rescue infant at earliest. A team from Neyveli lignite corporation is also been sent to spot to re rock structures and take appropriate steps. Various or teams with sophisticated instruments with cameras are being used to track child's condition. 

On Sunday, megastar Rajnikanth while dressing media on Diwali also said he is praying for safe return of boy.

"I extend my Diwali wishes to all. I also pray wholeheartedly for safe return of Sujith who is stuck. Though various machines are trying to rescue him, I think precautionary measures should have been taken," he said. 

When incident came to light,#SaveSujith and #PrayforSujith hashtags started to trend on Twitter, people all over country are concerned and praying for little boy. 

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(With ANI inputs)