ITDA-Chintoor reaches out to woman, just-born baby
The Hindu
A boat and ‘108’ ambulance arranged to shift them to a PHC
The Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) in Chintoor and the ‘108’ personnel on Sunday came to the rescue of a pregnant woman from a cut-off habitation of the Godavari in the Papikonda hill range, by providing her timely access to the medical and health facilities.
A native of Gonduru in the cut-off area in V.R. Puram mandal, Sandala Jayasudha of the Konda Reddy tribe was expected to deliver her baby in December.
However, she complained of labour pains in the early hours of Sunday.

The heat of the recently concluded local body elections spilled over into the first meeting of the newly elected council of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, as the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) questioned the propriety of the 20 councillors to whom the Kerala High Court had issued a notice regarding their oaths, participating in the council.

Taking a dig at Udupi District Congress unit for demanding action against Udupi Deputy Commissioner T K Swaroopa for flagging off the Paryaya procession by waving a saffron flag, Udupi District BJP President Kuthyar Naveen Shetty on Wednesday asked how many preparatory meetings had district in-charge Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar conducted ahead of the celebrations.











