Phalodi, Oct. 17 -- A nine-year-old boy died after falling into a 1,050-foot-deep borewell in Rajasthan's Phalodi district, despite a 39-hour rescue operation involving the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and local administration.

The child was pulled out around 3.30 am on Saturday and taken to a government hospital in Lohawat, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Police officers said that farmer Pancharam Bhil's son accidentally fell into an open borewell while playing near his family's agricultural field on Thursday in Nosar village under the Lohawat region**.**

The borewell pump had a technical fault and was removed for repairs, leaving the shaft open, an officer said.

A joint re...