'Border' born in no-man's land between India, Nepal

GORAKHPUR: As India and Nepal remained locked in a territorial dispute at Kalapani, a “Border” was born in flesh and blood on no man’s land between the two countries near Sonauli in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.


Border’s mother, a migrant woman from UP’s Bahraich, had gone into labour while queuing up to cross over to Maharajganj district on the Indian side through the Sonauli entry point from Nepal.

Her husband, supported by other women in the queue, helped deliver the baby. Mother and son were taken to the community health centre at Nautanwa in Maharajganj, where both are said to be doing well. The new mother apparently decided on the spot to name her fourth child Border.

“Mother and child are healthy. She has two older daughters and a son,” said Nautanwa CHC staff nurse Amisha Williams .

The woman, identified as Jamtara, and her husband Lalaram are from Chala Prithvipurva village in Bahraich district. They couple, both workers in a brick kiln at Nawalparasi in Nepal, was returning home due to the lockdown.

After Jamtara told her husband that she was in labour, Lalaram quickly enlisted the help of all the women around. The group formed a ring around Jamtara and created a makeshift curtain using clothes and sheets. A few others helped her through the pangs of childbirth.

Police arranged an ambulance to take the mother and child to the nearest health centre.


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