"Tried Our Best": Boy, 6, Drowns In 15-Foot Pit While Playing Cricket At Noida Housing Complex

A 6-year-old boy drowned in a 15-foot-deep pit at a residential complex in Greater Noida on Saturday, with residents alleging that there were no barricades or warning signs.The boy, Avyaan Surya, was playing cricket with his friends when he fell into the pit at the Kaladham Society, a colony for artists. The pit was dug by the Greater Noida Authority for boring work and was filled with water.Avyaan Surya drowned in a 15-foot pitSurya, the son of Siwan Yadav, an art teacher at a government-run Kendriya Vidyalaya, was rescued by residents and rushed to a hospital but was declared dead.An eyewitness, Pranjal Rajput, told NDTV that the incident took place around 7 pm."A boy came running to me when I was washing my car, screaming that a child had fallen inside the pit," Rajput said, adding that he was puzzled how someone could drown in the society.Avyaan Surya was playing…