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Unseen Passage: Well Rescued
Ulhas Mandlik, 35, a power-loom owner from Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra, and his mother were
homeward-bound one evening when heavy rain forced them to take shelter beneath a bridge.
Not far away, a small group of labourers huddled together under a part of the cement housing
above a 16 metre deep well used to pump water for irrigation.
Suddenly, Mandlik and his mother heard the labourers scream. When the two got to the well,
they were told that a five year old boy named Hariya had fallen in through a side opening in the
structure. Ignoring his mother’s fears, Mandlik quickly knotted together lengths of flimsy rope
belonging to the labourers and asked them to lower him into the dark well. “I hope the rope
holds,” he thought. As he descended, Mandlik noticed the metal rungs on the wall of the well.
He grabbed hold of one and started climbing down, when he saw the boy clinging to a pipe
running up the well’s centre. Grabbing the child, Mandlik started to climb praying that the old
rungs wouldn’t give away and plunge them both into the churning water below. Their luck held
and within a few minutes, Mandlik clambered to ground level and handed over Hariya to his
sobbing father.
The man fell at Mandlik’s feet and offered him some money as a reward. Refusing the cash,
Mandlik took Hariya and his family to a nearby eatery and offered them steaming tea to warm
them up. Several organisations have honoured Mandlik for his bravery and presence of mind on
that wet day three years ago. “I am happy I was at the right place at the right time,” he says,”
and was able to return a little boy to his family.”
Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your
answer sheet.

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Answer 1

Answer:

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