Twins a Godsend for beleaguered couple who lost 2 daughters in boat mishap

Visakhapatnam | Sunday | 19th September, 2021

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Visakhapatnam, Sep 19 (PTI): Newborn twins have come as a Godsend for a couple that saw their world come crashing down after they lost their two daughters in a boat mishap in the river Godavari two years ago.

It was an unexpected blessing in the form of the twins, daughters, that has now given T Appala Raju and Bhagyalakshmi of the Port City a new hope in life.

"We are so happy and blessed.

It’s all God’s grace," said a beaming Bhagyalakshmi.

Her family was pushed into a gloom as they lost their two daughters in the boat mishap in Godavari on September 15, 2019.

Appala Raju’s mother was also killed in the accident when she was leading her grand daughters to Lord Rama’s temple in Bhadrachalam in neighbouring Telangana in the ill-fated boat.