Woman delivers baby on train to Bengaluru with help from anganwadi workers on board

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The women were on the way to Bengaluru to take part in the protests being held for anganwadi workers on Tuesday.

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When Siddamma Kumbar, a native of Kalaburagi district’s Sugur village, boarded a train headed to Bengaluru to take part in a protest for anganwadi workers, she didn’t expect to be called on to help deliver a baby. Siddamma was among scores of other women who were travelling to Bengaluru to join the protest being held for anganwadi workers on Tuesday, according to the Hindu. Travelling on the Udyan Express from Yadgir on the way to Bengaluru, it was around 2 am when the train was nearing Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh and Siddamma was woken up by the wails of a woman who had gone into labour. 25-year-old Geetha and her husband had boarded the train at Saidapur railway station, near Yadgir. Geetha, who was in a very advanced stage of pregnancy, went into labour in the middle of the night. As per the Deccan Herald, Siddamma woke up to the cries of Geetha and figured out that she had gone into labour. She subsequently woke up her colleagues who were also on the train headed to the protest, who then sprung into action to help Geetha. The women used a sari to cordon off part of the compartment and helped Geetha. Malubai, Mahadevi, Anaveeramma, Mallamma, Jyothi, and Basamma were the other anganwadi workers on board who helped Geetha deliver a healthy baby boy. Geetha’s due date was 10 days away when she went into labour on Monday night. Her mother and family waited at the station in Bengaluru to greet the new mother, father and her newborn grandson. All the anganwadi workers hail from Kalaburagi district. While Siddamma hails from Sugur village, the others belong to Nalawar village in the district. Anganwadi workers from across the state are participating in the protests to demand that preschools be started at anganwadi centres. In addition to this, the protestors also want better pay and facilities to be provided as well.

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