A 26-year-old pregnant tribal woman was carried in a makeshift stretcher due to lack of a proper road in a village in Maharashtra's Palghar district, and lost her twin infants at birth as a result of the delay in reaching a medical centre.

The incident took place on Monday, when the woman, who was seven months pregnant, went into labour prematurely and was carried 3 km to the main road from Markatwadi village in Mokhada taluka amid heavy rains, a doctor said on Tuesday.