NOIDA: A three-year-old boy tragically lost his life after falling into a water-filled pit in Dallelgarh village under the Dankaur police station area of Greater Noida on Saturday. The incident has sparked anger among villagers, who allege negligence on the part of the local authority.According to information shared by residents, Anjali, a native of Dallelgarh, had recently come to her parental home from Sikandrabad in Bulandshahr along with her son Devansh and daughter. On Saturday, the family attended a community feast (bhandara) at a nearby temple in the village.
While playing near the temple premises, Devansh reportedly slipped and fell into a deep pit filled with rainwater.Family members and villagers rushed to rescue the child as soon as they noticed he was missing. However, by the time they managed to pull him out of the water, he had already stopped breathing.The child’s sudden death has left the family devastated and the village in mourning.Villagers claimed that the pit had been lying open for a long time and had filled with water after recent rains.They alleged that, despite repeated complaints to the Greater Noida Authority following a similar incident in Sector-150—when 27-year-old techie Yuvraj Mehta tragically died after his car fell into a water-filled pit—no action was taken to fill the hazardous pits or implement proper safety measures.Residents have demanded immediate action to prevent such tragedies in the future.
