Drunken men fall into well, rescued

Trichy: Two drunk men were rescued by the fire and rescue personnel from a 120ft deep open near a lake well in Thuraiyur in Trichy on Sunday night. The rescued were identified as M Sathishkumar, 28, and B Rajasekar, 23, of Thuraiyur.

Thuraiyur station fire officer (SFO) R Arivazhagan said on Monday that it took an hour to rescue the two men from the deep well. The well belongs to the PWD and is used for pumping water for the drinking water purposes.

Sathishkumar, Rajasekar and two of their friends were walking along the bund of the lake in an inebriated condition. Sathishkumar and Rajasekar slipped and fell into the well. Since they knew swimming, they were able to stay afloat in the well with water up to 30ft. His friends were under the impression that the two could climb up with the help of the pipe as the well had no steps. As the time passed, his friends called the fire and rescue personnel. The team comprising SFO Arivazhagan and seven personnel rushed to the spot. “We used a rope and applied the chair knot method. Our men went inside the well using the rope and rescued them,” said Arivazhagan.