Kupwara: Villagers of temote Budnamal area of Kupwara district were “forced” to carry a pregnant woman on their shoulders for around four kilometeres and then on horse for miles to the hospital in knee-deep snow on Saturday.
Many villagers shouldered a cot carrying the woman due to closure of road for vehicular traffic amid about 3-ft snowfall in the area.
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Her husband Abdul Jabar Malik said that due to closure of Budnamal road he along with other locals carried her to hospital through the snow on horse.
“Due the emergency, we carried her on shoulders in a cot up to 4 kilometres till Babyi Top from where, we ferried her on horse,” he said.
The locals urged authorities to clear the snow clogged roads leading to the inhabitation to avoid any difficulty to the patients and commoners in winter.
