Airlifted Pregnant Woman From Flood-Hit Srivaikuntam Gives Birth To Baby

A pregnant woman, Anushiya Mayil, who was airlifted from flood-hit Srivaikuntam in Thoothukudi delivered a baby at the Government Rajaji Hospital last morning, according to ANI.

She was airlifted by a rescue team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) following an SOS message sent out by the family. Later she was brought to Madurai and admitted to the GRH maternity ward.

The news agency has shared the photograph of the woman and her newborn on Twitter.

Intense rainfall and very heavy inundation overwhelmed four southern districts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday and Monday. Over 7,000 people marooned in residential colonies were evacuated and housed in relief centres. Three persons were killed in rain-related incidents and three more are feared dead.

Paddy fields, roads and bridges were submerged in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tenkasi districts. Over 800 passengers in an express train were stranded in Thoothukudi.

809 passengers stranded at Srivaikuntam in southern Tamil Nadu and the exercise will be completed as soon as possible, an official said on Tuesday.

By Tuesday evening, out of the 809 passengers, 509 people were evacuated from the Srivaikuntam Railway Station.

They were taken by buses to Vanchi Maniyacchi Railway station from where a special train took them to Chennai.

Of the 300 other train passengers who were accommodated at a school in Srivaikuntam, 270 passengers moved out on their own as most of them belonged to the nearby places.

"The remaining 30 passengers are also being evacuated with the help of RPF and they will be moved by road to Maniyachhi. Station," a Southern Railway release here said.