Abandoned newborns now in safe hands

Survival of the two girls despite all odds was celebrated with a cradle ceremony

Two newborns, who were abandoned by their parents — perhaps for the ‘crime’ of being born as girls — were rescued by kind-hearted people and a traditional cradle ceremony was held for both here on Wednesday. In the first instance, a newborn girl was found abandoned within hours of her birth in a colony at Domadugu in Gummadidala mandal on July 13. On being informed by locals, mandal parishad territorial constituency (MPTC) member Govardhan Goud immediately alerted Anganwadi worker Appamma and Aasha worker Vijaya Lakshmi who rushed to the spot. Ch. Udaya Kumar, founder of Mythri Foundation, an NGO, arranged an ambulance to shift the girl to the government hospital at Sangareddy, where she was given due care by Dr. Ashok and Dr. Chakrapani. Her parents have not been traced so far.