Watch: Army troops help pregnant woman reach hospital amid heavy snowfall

Amid heavy snowfall, Army troops helped a pregnant woman in Kupwara reach hospital by carrying her for about 2 km in knee-deep snow before she could be driven to a hospital.

The woman gave birth to a boy at the Karalpura hospital.

The woman’s family extended their gratefulness to the Indian Army.

The Company Operating Base (COB) of the Indian Army at Karalpura in Kupwara received a distress call from the woman’s husband.

The man informed the Army that his wife was undergoing labour pain and has to be evacuated to a hospital immediately.

It had been snowing for nearly 24 hours continuously when the call came.

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