Sajitha Jabeel (25) was in the final stretches of her pregnancy when her house at Aluva in Kochi was flooded due to heavy rains that have been battering entire Kerala for more than a week.
She was airlifted with a leaking water bag by the Indian Navy as part of their Operation Madad. Hours after she was shifted to the Navy hospital, Sanjivani, in Kochi, Sajitha gave birth to a baby boy. Both mother and baby are doing well.
Before rescuing Sajitha from the rooftop, the Navy had lowered a doctor to examine the woman. It was a successful operation, says the Navy.
Navy has released the video of the rescue operation and pictures of the woman and the new-born baby.