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A six-year-old girl in Hyderabad’s area fell into an open drain while walking with her mother but was rescued immediately. Her parents blamed civic authorities for negligence.
Girl falls into open manhole in Hyderabad (Video screengrabs)
A six-year-old girl fell into an open drain in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The incident happened in Patabasti, the Yakutpura area of the city.
The child, who was walking alongside her mother, slipped into the uncovered drain but was immediately pulled out to safety.
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The incident was caught on a CCTV camera in the vicinity and showed the girl looking away while walking.
She stumbled and fell into the open manhole.
Later, the girl’s parents expressed anger over the civic authorities’ negligence, blaming the incident on the drain being left uncovered.
On September 7, a car carrying three police personnel plunged into the swollen Kshipra River after rains in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district.
The car had skidded off a bridge.
The incident took place at around 9 pm, and the body of an inspector was later recovered while efforts were on to find the other two personnel.
The car fell into the river from the bridge without a railing, Jiawaji Ganj area City Superintendent of Police Pushpa Prajapati told news agency PTI over the phone.
The body of Unhel police station house officer Ashok Sharma was later fished out from the river, about 8 km from the district headquarters.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and Home Guards with boats, drones and divers were searching for the two personnel.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
September 11, 2025, 13:06 IST
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