Pregnant woman carried on shoulders to hospital after flood cuts road access

Braving heavy rains and flood-like conditions, a pregnant woman in Telangana's Mulugu district was carried on shoulders through a swollen stream by her family and villagers on Wednesday evening.

The woman went into labour at her home in Alligudem village, located in Tadvai mandal, late on Wednesday afternoon. However, the relentless rainfall had caused a forest stream to overflow, submerging the kutcha road connecting Alligudem to the nearby Bollepalli village, cutting off regular access to healthcare.

With no other option, her family, with help from a few local villagers, carried her through waist-deep water across the gushing stream. After navigating the submerged path, they reached the nearest road point at Bollepalli.

From there, she was shifted in an ambulance to the Government Area Hospital in Mulugu. Her condition is reported to be stable.

In another incident from Andhra Pradesh in May, a tribal woman, Fangi Seethamma, from the remote Regapunyagiri region in Vizianagaram district, had to be carried in a makeshift cloth stretcher tied to wooden poles. The region, known for its hilly and forested terrain, has long lacked proper road connectivity.

With no motorable roads, her husband and a group of villagers began walking toward the Government Hospital in Srungavarapukota (S Kota), carrying her manually. She gave birth to a baby girl just before reaching the hospital. A 108 ambulance met them near Punyagiri College, and both the mother and child were then shifted to the hospital. Doctors later confirmed both were stable.

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