Nagpur: A 17-year-old boy, critically ill and in urgent need of medical treatment, was rescued from a remote village ravaged by flood waters. Maharashtra‘s Chandrapur District In the joint effort of the local people and the authorities.
Sahil Waghde, Resident Tohogaon VillageSaturday was saved by the joint effort of the local gram panchayat Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), Police and District Administration.
Firoz Pathan, former deputy sarpanch of Tohogaon village, said Sahil was suffering from fever and was undergoing treatment at the local primary health centre, but his condition worsened in the last few days.
The village in Gondpipri taluka, which has a population of 1,500, was completely cut off from the surrounding villages due to flood waters following incessant rains in the district since the beginning of this week.
The backwaters of the Wardha river blocked the village of Tohogaon, which was surrounded by flood waters, the access road being a forest patch.
“The doctor who was treating Sahil at the primary health center advised that he be shifted to a hospital in Chandrapur. I contacted the Tehsildar of Gondpipri KD Meshram to inform him about the emergency. Roads due to flood waters Due to the blockade, the tehsildar decided to reach the village through a forest patch at Jharan Kanargaon camp number 4,” Pathan said.
Though the Tehsildar traveled 25 km on a forest road with an ambulance on Friday, he could not reach the village as a tree had fallen on the road, blocking it. He said there was no manpower to clear the way and he was forced to return.
“Later we approached the forest department to clear the road. The department also alerted the Kothari police station in-charge and the FDCM, who removed the fallen tree late in the night,” Pathan said.
On Saturday, Sahil and his father were taken in a small boat to the middle of the forest, from where the police and the Tehsildar took the boy. Chandrapur Medical College and Hospital in an ambulance, he said.
Speaking to PTI, Tehsildar Meshram said, “I called the doctor in-charge of the Tohogaon primary health center where Sahil was admitted and he told me that the boy’s condition was critical and he was showing symptoms of malaria and dengue. Huh.”
Tohogaon and some other villages are still cut off due to flood waters. The boy had to be rescued through a forest path, where he could be reached by boat, the officer said.
Meshram said Pathan, a Tohogaon villager, FDCM officer and police inspector Tushar Chavan worked day and night to clear the way and ensure that Sahil was brought out safely.
Sahil Waghde, Resident Tohogaon VillageSaturday was saved by the joint effort of the local gram panchayat Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), Police and District Administration.
Firoz Pathan, former deputy sarpanch of Tohogaon village, said Sahil was suffering from fever and was undergoing treatment at the local primary health centre, but his condition worsened in the last few days.
The village in Gondpipri taluka, which has a population of 1,500, was completely cut off from the surrounding villages due to flood waters following incessant rains in the district since the beginning of this week.
The backwaters of the Wardha river blocked the village of Tohogaon, which was surrounded by flood waters, the access road being a forest patch.
“The doctor who was treating Sahil at the primary health center advised that he be shifted to a hospital in Chandrapur. I contacted the Tehsildar of Gondpipri KD Meshram to inform him about the emergency. Roads due to flood waters Due to the blockade, the tehsildar decided to reach the village through a forest patch at Jharan Kanargaon camp number 4,” Pathan said.
Though the Tehsildar traveled 25 km on a forest road with an ambulance on Friday, he could not reach the village as a tree had fallen on the road, blocking it. He said there was no manpower to clear the way and he was forced to return.
“Later we approached the forest department to clear the road. The department also alerted the Kothari police station in-charge and the FDCM, who removed the fallen tree late in the night,” Pathan said.
On Saturday, Sahil and his father were taken in a small boat to the middle of the forest, from where the police and the Tehsildar took the boy. Chandrapur Medical College and Hospital in an ambulance, he said.
Speaking to PTI, Tehsildar Meshram said, “I called the doctor in-charge of the Tohogaon primary health center where Sahil was admitted and he told me that the boy’s condition was critical and he was showing symptoms of malaria and dengue. Huh.”
Tohogaon and some other villages are still cut off due to flood waters. The boy had to be rescued through a forest path, where he could be reached by boat, the officer said.
Meshram said Pathan, a Tohogaon villager, FDCM officer and police inspector Tushar Chavan worked day and night to clear the way and ensure that Sahil was brought out safely.