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SC To Hear A PIL Today Against Inaction Of Government In Preventing Child Deaths By Falling Into Abandoned Borewells

By LawStreet News Network      03 February, 2020 12:02 PM      0 Comments
SC To Hear A PIL Today Against Inaction Of Government In Preventing Child Deaths By Falling Into Abandoned Borewells

The Supreme Court is set to hear a PIL on Monday (February 3, 2020) protesting the inaction of the Government in preventing deaths of children falling into open or abandoned borewells and tube wells. 

The plea has been filed following the death of a two-year old Sujith Wilson after he fell into an abandoned borewell in the city of Trichy in Tamil Nadu.

Sujith fell into the borewell on 25 October, 2019 at around 5:45 pm while his mother was attending to his elder brother. The rescue operations commenced on 25 October, 2019 around 8:00 pm and went in full swing continuously for more than 80 hours. The rescue operation was affected by rain. The operations to rescue Sujith went viral across the country as prayers were conducted for the rescue operations of the boy. Around 2:00 am, 30 October 2019 officials confirmed the death of the boy, and the last rites were held six hours later. Following the sensitive and tragic aspect of the two years boy's incident, politicians and celebrities across India paid tribute and offered their condolences for Sujith Wilson.

It has been 10 years since the Supreme Court took suo-moto cognizance in a spate of incidents of children falling into abandoned borewells and issued a series of guidelines to prevent such issues from happening. Yet, no action has been taken by any of the governments to avoid the same. 

Author: Shubham Jindal



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