<p>A newborn girl who was dumped in a garbage bin near Chittaranjan circle was rescued by pourakarmikas in Udupi and was shifted to B R Shetty government hospital on Monday.</p>.<p>"The girl baby is out of danger and is doing well," Legal-cum-Probation Officer at District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), Prabhakar Achar, told <em>DH </em>when contacted.</p>.<p>Pourakarmikas cleaning the street near Chittaranjan circle were taken aback to hear cries of a baby coming from a garbage bin. On approaching the bin, the pourakarmikas were shocked to see a newborn girl kept in a paintbox. The pourakarmikas alerted social worker Nityananda Volakad who in turn informed Udupi women police station Sub Inspector Violet Femina and Udupi Town police station Sub Inspector Sakti Velu.</p>.<p>Prabhakar Achar with help of police shifted the newborn baby to a hospital. Prabhakar said the baby's health would have deteriorated if she would have been exposed to rains for another two hours. Achar declared that the abandoning of the baby in a garbage bin was an unacceptable and heinous act.</p>.<p>"The mothers who cannot look after their babies should place them in 'Mamatheya Thottilu' kept in front of B R Shetty hospital in Santhekatte and Balika Kendra in Nitturu," he said. </p>
<p>A newborn girl who was dumped in a garbage bin near Chittaranjan circle was rescued by pourakarmikas in Udupi and was shifted to B R Shetty government hospital on Monday.</p>.<p>"The girl baby is out of danger and is doing well," Legal-cum-Probation Officer at District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), Prabhakar Achar, told <em>DH </em>when contacted.</p>.<p>Pourakarmikas cleaning the street near Chittaranjan circle were taken aback to hear cries of a baby coming from a garbage bin. On approaching the bin, the pourakarmikas were shocked to see a newborn girl kept in a paintbox. The pourakarmikas alerted social worker Nityananda Volakad who in turn informed Udupi women police station Sub Inspector Violet Femina and Udupi Town police station Sub Inspector Sakti Velu.</p>.<p>Prabhakar Achar with help of police shifted the newborn baby to a hospital. Prabhakar said the baby's health would have deteriorated if she would have been exposed to rains for another two hours. Achar declared that the abandoning of the baby in a garbage bin was an unacceptable and heinous act.</p>.<p>"The mothers who cannot look after their babies should place them in 'Mamatheya Thottilu' kept in front of B R Shetty hospital in Santhekatte and Balika Kendra in Nitturu," he said. </p>
