A pregnant woman en route to a hospital in south India went into labour at a bus stand and delivered a baby daughter with the help of several women on-hand.

Mahadevi Hanumanthavaddar, 28, from Basavana Bagewadi village in Vijayapura district, Karnataka, was being taken to a hospital in Bagalkot city by her husband.

When she was waiting to change the bus at Nidagundi town she started experiencing severe labour pains. A few women at the bus stand set up a screen of saris and helped her deliver a baby.

The mother and her new-born daughter were rushed to a government hospital in Nidagundi where they were looked after by the doctors. Both the mother and daughter are doing well, said doctors.

Mahadevi Hanumanthavaddar, 28, from Basavana Bagewadi village in Vijayapura district was being taken to a hospital in Bagalkot city by her husband.

When she was waiting to change the bus at Nidagundi town she started experiencing severe labor pains. A few women at the bus stand set up a screen of saris and helped her deliver a baby.

The mother and her new-born daughter were rushed to a government hospital in Nidagundi where they were looked after by the doctors. Both the mother and daughter are doing well, said doctors.