Farmer falls in well, rescued

Coimbatore: A 70-year-old farmer was rescued from a 100-foot-deep well at Chinna Goundenpudur on Dharapuram Road near Palladam on Sunday.
Fire and rescue services personnel said that V Nachimuthu of Chinna Goundenpudur had accidentally fell into the well in his farmland, which had water up to 15 feet. Nobody heard his cries for help. When he failed to return home, his relatives launched a search and found him in the well.
A team of firemen from Palladam fire service station led by station officer Sureshkumar rushed to the spot. “A fireman climbed down into the well using a rope and tied it around Nachimuthu. We lifted him up,” Sureshkumar said.
Though he was not injured, Nachimuthu was sent to the Palladam Government Hospital. “We have cautioned the family against walking around the well,” added Sureshkumar.TNN