New Delhi: A 27-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on a Delhi Metro train Sunday morning. This was the first such incident on the Delhi Metro, an official said.
Juli Devi, 27, was later taken to hospital by Metro officials, who said both the mother and the baby were doing well.
The Faridabad woman gave birth at 7.28 a.m. as the train was approaching the Central Secretariat station. She was on her way to Safdarjung Hospital.
“Juli Devi, who boarded the train in Badarpur was travelling with her husband Sanjit Singh. She gave birth to a baby girl in the moving train, as it was approaching Central Secretariat station,” a Metro official told IANS.
The woman was in a general compartment. But being an Sunday, the compartment was virtually empty.
“As the incident occurred at early Sunday morning, there were only about six people in the particular coach,” a metro official told IANS.
“As the other passengers heard Juli Devi’s cries becoming more intense, they informed the driver near the Khan Market Metro station, a stop before Central Secretariat,” the official said.
Metro authorities also took care of all the other necessary formalities at the hospital.
According to Delhi Metro, services were not affected due to the incident. (IANS)