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.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.