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A rescue operation is underway to save an eight-year-old boy who has been stuck in a narrow well in India for over 30 hours.

Tanmay Sahu fell into the well in the central state of Madhya Pradesh while playing with friends on Tuesday evening. Officials say he is stuck at about 55ft in the 400ft-deep well.

Rescuers are pumping oxygen to the child but layers of mud mean they cannot assess his condition.

Due to water shortages, several farmers in India set up borewells - deep wells dug into the ground to extract water - for irrigation purposes.

However, after these wells run dry they are abandoned and left uncovered, posing a serious risk to passers-by, especially children. Several children have died due to suffocation after falling into narrow borewells.

Mayank Bhargava is the Chief Editor of Rashtriya Janadesh:

"On Tuesday evening he told his father 'it is very dark here, get me out'... after that, no response."

(Photo: Rescuers working to free Tanmay Sahu. Credit: ANI news agency)

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