Overview

• Sangita Ravindra Mukane, 21, went into labour in Chafewadi village but could not reach emergency services due to no access road.
• Villagers carried her more than one kilometre in a makeshift palanquin to an ambulance parked on Gaidand Road.
• The delay in transport caused Mukane to suffer a seizure before she reached the ambulance.
• Doctors at Thane Civil Hospital said Mukane’s condition is now stable after she was rushed there for treatment.
• Locals and activists say the Nadgaon gram panchayat ignored repeated appeals to build the road, highlighting broader health infrastructure gaps in rural Maharashtra.