A three-year-old girl who was shut in the borewell hole on Monday after big rescue operation of eight hours of rescue programme in Odisha's Angul District.A combined operation, set up by Odisha fire brigade and ODRAF (Orissa Disaster Rapid Action Force) team, led to the rescue of Radha Sahu and was later rushed to the Angul District Headquarters Hospital.Three-year-old girl Radha Soni had accidentally fallen down into an open borewell hole of about 50 metres in Gulasar village of Jamunali Gram Panchayat under Handapa Police Station limits. Apparently, she fell in the open pit while playing. She was heard yelling for help.

Soon after, fire brigade personnel and police personnel got engaged in the rescue operation, assisted by the villagers.An even specialised 10-member ODRAF team from Cuttack was rushed into action.According to sources, a camera was sent into the pit, which confirmed that the child was alive.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in a tweet, breathed a sigh of relief, after the successful rescue of Radha and wrote, "Commend @angul_dm, firemen, police, ODRAF & good samaritans for the successful rescue of Radha from the borewell in Angul district. The feat could only be achieved by excellent teamwork. Acts like these inspire public confidence in Govt machinery. Praying for little one's speedy recovery"

Meanwhile, Angul Additional District Manager Srinivas Behera has regulated for a probe into the incident on why the borewell hole was kept openly. He has even oriented the Lift Irrigation Executive Engineer to submit the enquiry report by tomorrow positively and those responsible for it will face action.