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They carried her to the Lothugedda Primary Health Centre under Balapam Panchayat of Chintappalli Mandal, around 12 kilometres away from the high hills.
After the locals asserted, Kusangi was carried through a forest, which turned fatal as there were no halts or villages in between that could handle any health emergency.
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India is working towards the development of communication throughout the country to ensure the village people don’t suffer and are provided with all the essential requirements.
In a case highlighting the lack of adequate infrastructure and connectivity, a pregnant woman was carried on a makeshift palanquin for nearly 12 km after she experienced labour pain on Wednesday.
The woman, Kusangi Chendramma (22), hailing from Visakhapatnam`s Tokapaadu village - a region surrounded by hills - was experiencing labour pain on Wednesday, following which the villagers made a `Doli` (makeshift stretcher).
They carried her to the Lothugedda Primary Health Centre under Balapam Panchayat of Chintappalli Mandal, around 12 kilometres away from the high hills.
After the locals asserted, Kusangi was carried through a forest, which turned fatal as there were no halts or villages in between that could handle any health emergency.
In a sigh of relief, people involved in carrying the pregnant woman said her condition is said to be stable in the hospital.
The villagers said that they had written several complaints to the Government and other concerned officials regarding the construction of road facilities.
They alleged that their demand for building smooth road connectivity from their village to the hospital has always gone in vain.
They recounted several occasions where the villagers have had tough times reaching hospital facilities during severe health emergencies.
The locals claimed they have also urged the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) officials for road connectivity.
However, any concrete step is still at large.
Though this was not the first case when a pregnant woman was carried on makeshift to avail medical facilities.
Earlier, in a similar incident, a pregnant woman was carried for more than six kilometres to KJ Puram hospital from Kothavalsa village on a makeshift stretcher due to improper roads in the region.
Six individuals including three women were holding the stretcher made from a cloth tied to a wooden log.