NAROWAL:A minor boy, a student of prep class, on Thursday got his arm fractured, when he fell into an open manhole at Badiana town of Pasrur tehsil in Sailkot district.

According to Waseem, a labourer, a resident of Haideri Chowk Town, Badiana, his seven-year-old son Musa, went to the market to buy biscuits and toffees and when he was returning home, he fell into an open manhole near a private college.

He said that passersby and locals present at the scene immediately pulled the injured child out of the around eight-foot-deep manhole.

He said that when a doctor examined the injured child, it transpired that his arm had been fractured.

He blamed local administration and Water and Sanitation Agency officials for the incident, who showed negligence and failed to cover manholes in the area, despite strict directions by the Punjab chief minister to place lids on these. He demanded action against the negligent officials.

Published in Dawn, May 15th, 2026