Community dog was rescued from 40 feet deep water filled pit in Thane

Thane: A community dog was rescued from a nearly 40-foot-deep pit after it accidentally fell inside after straying into an under-construction site in the Nitin Company area in the wee hours of Sunday.The municipal rescue teams were alerted by a local resident who heard the wails of the canine around midnight, following which a team rushed to the spot along with an emergency response vehicle. The teams tracked the dog in one of the pits dug for construction and, with coordinated efforts between the fire brigade, disaster management team and locals, managed to pull the trapped dog safely out of the pit.