Andhra MP to give ambulance to Vizianagaram tribal hamlet after mother carries child 7 km
TDP Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Chintakayala will provide an ambulance from his MPLADS funds to Pallapu Dungada village in Vizianagaram district.
Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Chintakayala of the TDP has committed to providing an ambulance to Pallapu Dungada, a remote tribal hamlet in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district, using his MPLADS funds, according to a report based on ANI inputs.
The decision followed an incident in which a tribal mother carried her ailing 12-year-old daughter on her shoulders for nearly seven kilometres to reach medical help. Heavy rains and poor road connectivity had stopped vehicles from reaching the hamlet in Daraparthi Panchayat of Srungavarapukota mandal. After reaching the foothills near Dabbagunta, she hired an auto-rickshaw to take the child to a private hospital.
The report says Minister Nara Lokesh called for immediate action on the village's emergency transport needs, and the MP then decided to provide the ambulance. The MP was quoted as saying, "This is my small part. No mother should ever have to be her child's ambulance."
Media reports cited in the article say a 6.5-km road to the village, sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana about eight years ago at an estimated Rs 4.90 crore, remains incomplete.
Why it matters for ambulance owners and drivers
The case shows how road condition in remote areas affects whether ambulances can reach patients at all.
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