Prince Kumar (left) is 18 today. But his fall in 2006 (captured in an archival clipping shared by Kumar on the right) still captures the nation's imagination of borewell accidents. Unfortunately, like him, many children do not make it out alive. Photo via Prince Kumar.
A rescue team consisting of the Indian Army, firemen, the police and others work after four-year-old girl Mahi Upadhyaya fell 68 feet into a borewell in 2012 in Gurgaon. She had fallen into the borewell for over 40 hours while her family was celebrating her birthday. Photo by Parveen Kumar/ Getty Images.
A family member grieves after losing his grandchild in a borewell accident. Around 70 percent of the missions to rescue children from borewells fail. Photo by Noah Seelam/ AFP
