President Condoles The Death Of Two Year Old Boy Sonu In Borewell

The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, has condoled the tragic death of two year old boy, Sonu, who was stuck in a 150 feet borewell at Lehrakapura village near Shamsabad town, 26 kms from Agra since Thursday and brought out and declared dead this morning. The President has expressed deep anguish over the frequencies of such mishaps. Taking a note of this recent incident and some others before this in the country, the Rashtrapati Bhavan has issued advisories to the Ministries of Rural Development, the Urban Development, the Water Resources and the Home Affairs so as to prescribe necessary safety standards and to take safety precautions while digging borewells, etc. and to instruct accordingly their respective Field Formations for ensuring their strict compliance.

The release issued at 1230 hrs