A day-old boy was found dumped at the bottom of a 6m-deep dry well with a snake nearby in Uttar Pradesh. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The recent rescue of two abandoned newborns - one dumped in a deep pond and the other down a 6m-deep well - in India have been hailed as miraculous by the locals.
The man, Mr Vakeel Ahmad, said the baby was found wrapped in a piece of cloth about 5m away from the bank of the neck-deep water. Her head was reportedly cushioned by water hyacinth which also saved her from drowning. “ was possibly thrown in the water by someone who wanted her dead but the almighty saved her life. Water hyacinth saved her despite her remaining in the pond for hours,” said Mr Ahmad.
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