Waiting home for pregnant women set up at Munchingputtu
The Hindu
Those from interior tribal hamlets can be admitted to home two weeks before the expected date of delivery
To prevent death of pregnant women and newborn babies in the tribal areas of Visakhapatnam district, the district administration has set up a waiting home for pregnant women at Munchingputtu in the district on Tuesday.
The waiting home, which was constructed at a cost of about ₹30 lakh with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) funds near the Community Health Centre (CHC), was inaugurated by Araku MLA Chetti Phalguna, Zilla Parishad Chairperson J. Subhadra and Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) Project Officer R. Gopala Krishna.
The fear of being caught for traffic rule violation has indeed compelled many two-wheeler riders to wear helmets. But one cursory look at riders at any traffic junction in Bengaluru shows that more than half the riders have on their heads non-standard helmets, designed solely to evade the eye of law, with little concern for the safety of their own heads.