Kamini, being carried down the mountain (Picture: India Today)

Police officers carried a pregnant woman on their shoulders for six miles, when heavy snow blocked all the roads down the mountain.

The 23-year-old woman, named as Kamini, went into labour in the early evening of January 9, and phoned for an ambulance to take her to hospital.

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However, heavy snow meant paramedics could not reach her remote Indian village of Bhont, near Shimla in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Kamini and her mother Sarla were losing hope of getting treatment, but then six policeman arrived at the house.


They wrapped Kamini in a quilt and asked her to lie down on the cot they brought with them, then started the long walk down the mountain, trudging for three and a half hours through the ice and snow to Shimla.

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Shimla, capital of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh (Picture: Getty)

Short story of some gutsy Himachal Policemen who rescued a pregnant woman & walked through the snow for hours to take her to the hospital pic.twitter.com/76evSNXjCu — Saikat Datta (@saikatd) January 16, 2017

She gave birth to a healthy baby girl (Picture: India Today)

Her husband spoke of their gratitude (Picture: India Today)

They arrived at 9.30pm, and Kamini was admitted to the hospital where she gave birth to a healthy baby girl.



Now her amazing story has been covered throughout India, with people applauding the heroic officers who rescued her.

‘Congrats, Shimla Police, for its great act of humanity,’ one man wrote.

Congrats, Shimla Police for its great act of humanity. Remarkable, carrying on shoulder by policemen 10kms a pregnant woman for childbirth. — P.Monny Kurian (@KurianMonny) January 17, 2017

Heartiest salute to 5 policeman of Shimla who took a pregnant woman to near by hospital despite road block due to heavy snow on shoulders — ravindra pareek (@ravindrapareek5) January 17, 2017

Salute our cops who helped a pregnant mother in freezing weather in Shimla! Need more positive news on tv! https://t.co/Dw7ya7uET8 — Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) January 17, 2017