The residents of a tribal hamlet with almost 60 houses and 200 people located eight kilometres from Murbad tehsil, surrounded by water on three sides and a forest with snakes and wild animals, continue to fight every day for survival. With no mode of transport or road connectivity, the tribals are forced to transport the sick or pregnant women in hammocks to the closest hospital. On December 12, a woman in labour, delivered en route the hospital, and had to be carried in a hammock as villagers with her couldn't cut the umbilical cord.

The newborn at a private hospital