Patna:
A woman today gave birth to a child while being rescued by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel from floods in Uttar Pradesh's Baharaich district.
Thirty-five-year-old Minakshi Shukla gave birth to a baby boy on the NDRF motor boat, a release from 9 battalion of NDRF headquartered in Bihar, said.
The NDRF's 9 Battalion, led by Inspector Manoj Kumar, had gone to Baharaich for the rescue operations.
The child was successfully delivered with the help of trained NDRF personnel present on the motor boat, it said.
The flood-hit parents of the baby boy were quite happy and thanked NDRF team for providing help during the delivery.
Later on, the mother and the new born child were admitted to PHC Gaighat for further care, the release added.