VIJAYAWADA: The birth of a daughter has brought luck to the family with her mother getting elected as sarpanch of Korukollu village of Kalidindi mandal in the second phase of gram panchayat elections a few hours later.
Although, doctors gave February 15 as the possible date of delivery, Battu Leela Kanaka Durga, despite the advanced stage of pregnancy, went about door-to-door canvassing. She promised a graft-free governance, and resolving long-pending issues like supply of tapped water, laying of roads, and construction of drains to ensure the overall development of the village in the next five years.
On the February 13 polling date, she was the first to cast her vote. When she started developing labour pains, she was taken to her house. When the pains became severe, she was shifted to the government hospital at Kaikaluru located nearly 11 km from her village. At 10.30 am, she delivered a baby girl and by evening she was declared elected as the sarpanch of the gram…