'My daughter’s birth saved our lives': Birth of girl keeps Dharali family away; homestay swept away in floods

DEHRADUN: Munendri Devi, 27, from Dharali village said the birth of her daughter a day earlier in Doon saved her and her family. Her labour started on Monday and her husband, Anil Cauhan, and her brother Manoj Rana rushed her to a Dehradun hospital, where she delivered a girl on Monday."My sister and brother-in-law narrowly escaped this tragedy as they arrived in Dehradun on Monday, and today (Tuesday) we received this news from Dharali. My brother-in-law has a homestay there, which is said to have vanished," said Devi's brother Manoj Rana, a former Pradhan of Raithal village. Their six-year-old is safe with his grandmother, who lives in Uttarkashi. "The doctor said my sister would have to undergo a cesarean section. So, we decided to take her from Dharali to Dehradun," Rana said.