Watch: Five year old girl rescued after falling into uncovered manhole in Hyderabad

A five-year-old girl fell into an uncovered manhole in Hyderabad’s Rein Bazar on Thursday but was rescued safely by locals. The incident sparked a blame game between GHMC and Hydraa, with residents holding both civic bodies responsible for negligence.

Hyderabad: A five-year-old girl who fell into an uncovered manhole in Rein Bazar was rescued by the locals on Thursday. The incident occurred at 8 am on Thursday at Moula Ka Chilla, when the child was on her way to school.

Local residents swiftly reacted and rescued her without any injuries. However, locals have blamed Hydraa and GHMC for the incident.

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Later, GHMC in a press release said the Deputy Commissioner of Santosh Nagar and the Executive Engineer Division-7 rushed to the spot, visited the child’s residence, and enquired about her health.

However, the GHMC also said it was a Hydraa team that had opened the manhole cover for cleaning on Wednesday and left the site without fixing the cover. The civic body informed the issue to Hydraa officials and asked them to take precautions to prevent further such incidents.

Meanwhile, Hydraa claimed there was no negligence and that desilting work was progressing at a brisk pace in the Yakutpura division.

The incident resulted in GHMC and Hydraa being at loggerheads over safety protocols that allowed the manhole to remain uncovered.