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Woman fallen into well rescued safely



KATHMANDU: Nepal Police rescued a woman fallen into a deep well at Budhanilakantha Municipality, Kathmandu was rescued safely.

A joint team of Metropolitan Police Sector Budhanilantha, and Disaster Management Division rescued the 45-year old Pema Sharpa who fell into 50- feet deep well on Monday evening. The accident occurred at Mitrachowk of Budhanilakantha Municipality-3 in Kathmandu.

It took four hours for the joint rescue team to complete the rescue operation, said Spokesperson of Metropolitan Police, Superintendent of Police, Dinesh Raj Mainali. The rescued Sherpa is a tenant at a local Hari Shrestha’s house. She had gone missing since 2:30pm.
She was released in an unconscious state and has been undergoing treatment at Karuna Hospital, Budhanilakantha-13.

There were 17 police persons in the rescue team.

Investigation into the accident is underway, Spokesperson Mainali informed, adding that Sherpa’s health condition improved now and she could speak.

Publish Date : 05 April 2022 12:10 PM

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