New Delhi | A person who had fallen into a 40-foot-deep borewell at a Delhi Jal Board water treatment plant here was pulled out after a nearly 12-hour-long rescue operation on Sunday, officials said.

The person has been rushed to a hospital and word on his condition is awaited, they added.

The person is yet to be identified.

The rescue efforts were led by teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Delhi Fire Services (DFS).