'Hero' Gujarat Cop Rescues Baby From Floods, Carries Her To Safety In Tub Over His Head
Vadodara is witnessing heavy floods along with other cities in Gujarat. While the rain meant relief from scorching heat in some parts of India, it also had a crippling on various others by leaving the roads there water-logged.
But every trying moment creates new heroes, and this time we got a hero in the form of a Guajrat cop who saved a 45-day old infant from floods. Goes without saying, the photo of this incident has gone viral online and has left many teary-eyed.
In the video shared by an IPS officer, Govind Chavda is seen carrying a 45-day-old infant in a tub over his head while walking through at least four-feet of water.
Video clip of rescue operation of baby of 45 days by cop Govind Chavda pic.twitter.com/vOgj3Fe6lv
¡ª Dr. Shamsher Singh IPS (@Shamsher_IPS) August 1, 2019
¡®Proud of the humanitarian work of this cop in Vadodara. Great courage & dedication. Rescued the baby & family. Video clip of rescue operation of a baby of 45 days by cop Govind Chavda,¡¯ Shamsher Singh, Additional DGP, Gujarat tweeted.
Proud of the humanitarian work of this cop in Vadodara. Great courage & dedication. Rescued the baby & family. #VadodaraRains #sdrf #NDRF @GujaratPolice @IPS_Association pic.twitter.com/wWEVcJu3Ho
¡ª Dr. Shamsher Singh IPS (@Shamsher_IPS) August 1, 2019
Soon his video went viral on social media and people hailed him as a hero.
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Bravo and salute to those servers ????
¡ª Divyarajsinh Dabhi (@drDivyarajDabhi) August 1, 2019
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He deserves not just mention in your tweet but also instantaneous cash award or out of turn promotion.
¡ª R-evolution (@sudhirmankodi) August 1, 2019
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Hats of to police force Sir
¡ª Sameer Shah (@sameershah) August 1, 2019
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¡ª Shraddha Sharma (@Shraddh09730966) August 1, 2019
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Great Sir!!
¡ª Bhargav Mandalia (@BMandalia) August 1, 2019
Proud of our Ahmedabad Police????
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Encourage him by giving monetary incentive, he has done tremendous job.
¡ª Harsh Bhatt (@Harsh__Bhatt) August 1, 2019
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Good work
¡ª SANJAYLIMBACHIYA2 (@SANJAYLIMBACH20) August 1, 2019
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Hats off to officer????
¡ª Dhaval Bhatt?? (@dvlbht) August 2, 2019
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Great job by this police officer......
¡ª Sujit (@sujit_dasy2k) August 2, 2019
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¡ª Vivek??mar (@hansyvivek24) August 2, 2019
Vadodara received 499 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Thursday. Of this 286 mm of rain fell in just four hours between 4 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday. The rains created a flash flood-like situation in the city.
In some parts, the water level was even reported to have reached over six feet. To make it worse, crocodiles from nearby Vishwamitra River had also invaded the city, creating panic amongst people.
A Twitter user shared a clip that was captioned as, ¡®VadodaraRains #Vadodara.¡¯ The video shows a water-logged streets and two stray dogs trying to escape a crocodile that was casually wading through the water, trying to sneak up on the dogs.
Watch the video:
Got this on whatsapp #VadodaraRains #Vadodara pic.twitter.com/DxGCR0loni
¡ª Fu?ballgott (@OldMonknCoke) August 1, 2019
This is not the only clip that we saw online. Another scary video shared by a Twitter user, Shailendra Mohan captioned as, ¡®Claims of this from Akota. What makes floods in #Baroda scarier than anywhere else #crocodile.¡¯ It shows a crocodile casually strolling on the streets of Akota in Vadodara.
Watch the video:
Claims of this from Akota. What makes floods in #Baroda scarier than anywhere else #crocodile pic.twitter.com/73LZV540Tr
¡ª Shailendra Mohan (@shailendranrb) August 1, 2019
Twitter is also flooded with people narrating horrific stories about Vadodara rains and how scary the situation is right now.
The forest department and NGOs are also working to catch the reptiles. Several teams of NDRF, SDRF, army and fire brigade along with the local police worked day and night to evacuate over 5,000 people from the low-lying areas to safe shelters.
