Many in Odisha name newborn girls Titli
Several women delivered babies as cyclone made landfall.
Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Titli may have torn through Odisha’s Gajapati, Ganjam and Rayagada districts by leaving behind a trail of devastation, but it has also brought smiles to some in the state. Some women, who delivered baby girls in hospitals while the severe storm was making a landfall between Andhra Pradesh and Odisha early on Thursday, have named thier babies as Titli.
Around 105 pregnant women from Ganjam district were admitted to various hospitals. A woman delivered a baby girl in Aska Community Health Centre (CHC), while the cyclone was making landfall in Odisha coast.
Wasting no time, the baby girl was named after the cyclone unanimously by her family members, the doctors and hospital administration.
Rudra Prasanna Rath, a Bhubaneswar-based social activist and columnist, named his newborn daughter after the cyclone.
“Titili arrived at my home. A baby girl, my second daughter is born today at 9.00am,” Rudra posted on Facebook.
Similarly, Anita Samal of Jagatsinghpur district, named her daughter after the storm. She gave birth to a girl child, who was born between 1 am and 2 am on Thursday.
Jagatsinghpur chief district medical officer (CDMO) Ashok Pattnaik said they had taken precautionary measures and admitted around 18 pregnant women from vulnerable areas much in advance keeping in mind the cyclone alert. “Out of 18, six women delivered babies safely in the morning,” he informed.
One Debi Prasad Das from Gania village in Nayagarh will never forget Titli as his wife, Swpnarani, delivered a baby girl just hours after cyclone made its landfall. “My wife reached Nayagarh hospital around 7.20 am and my daughter was born at 7.40 am. As she was born during the cyclone, we have named her Titli,” Mr Das, the proud father, said.
According to reports, another woman, who delivered a baby girl at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar in a similar situation, has named her baby Titli.