Coimbatore: The fire and rescue services personnel from Thondamuthur fire service station rescued a cow calf from a 150ft deep well at Postal Colony near Perur on Saturday morning.Saraswathi, 52, wife of Balasundaram, of Postal Colony called up the fire fighters after the calf, which was aged about one and half years, fell into the well with 30ft water.“Immediately, station fire officer V Ravichandran and team rushed to the spot and fireman Senthilmayan entered the well using a rope.
He tied two ropes around the calf and others pulled the calf out of the well safely,” a source said.Saraswathi, the source said, had tied the calf to an iron rod near the well on Saturday morning.
“Somehow, the rope got snapped and the calf fell into the well.
The calf did not sustain any injury.
We have handed the calf over to the couple and instructed them not to allow their cattle near the well.”