Quick Reads: 70-Year-Old Karnataka Woman Averts Train Accident And More

It’s easy to miss important news in the hectic daily schedule, so we have compiled a list of recent women-centric news you may have missed.

In the latest news, a 70-year-old Karnataka woman helped avert a train accident by using her quick thinking.

Here are some quick reads to keep you up to date.

Quick Reads

70-Year-Old Karnataka Woman Averts Train Accident

An elderly woman from Mangaluru is being praised for her quick thinking and presence of mind after she helped avert a train accident.

70-year-old Chandravathi noticed that a tree fell over the track between Padil and Jokatte. She knew that the Matsyaganda Express from Mangaluru to Mumbai would pass that way. Chandravathi rushed home and brought a red cloth so she could wave it at the train driver.

The train driver noticed it and slowed down the train and managed to stop the train before where the tree fell on the track.

The elderly woman was felicitated by the Railway police.

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Woman Gives Birth At Railway Station, Fruit Vendor Helps Couple

A woman gave birth on a platform at Virangana Lakshimibai railway station in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The pregnant woman and her husband were travelling from Delhi to Damoh when she experienced labour pain.

A fruit juice vendor, Tanveer Mirza saw the couple and took to social media to reach the railway for help. He tweeted the PNR number and within 20 minutes doctors arrived at the spot. The woman delivered a healthy baby boy.

YouTuber Held For Kidnapping And Marrying Minor Girl

A police team arrested a 21-year-old YouTuber from a village in the Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu on charges of kidnapping a 17-year-old girl.

The YouTubeer kidnapped the girl when she came to school to write an examination and married her.

Woman Sarpanch Vows To Plant 50 Trees For Each Girl Born

Saroj Devi Agrawal, the sarpanch of Bhaleswar in the Naupada district, Andhra Pradesh decided to plant 50 saplings each time a girl is born in her panchayat.

Agrawal took to Twitter to share her plan and requested authorities to guide her.