Elated with the birth of a granddaughter, a farmer in the Pune district of Maharashtra hired nothing less than a helicopter to bring her home on Tuesday. Ajit Pandurang Balwadkar, a resident of Balewadi area on the outskirts of Pune, told reporters that he wanted to accord a grand welcome to Krushika, the newest member of the family.
So when it was time to bring the baby and her mother home from the maternal grandparents' house in nearby Shewal Wadi, he booked a chopper, he said.
Maharashtra | Ajit Pandurang Balwadkar, a farmer from Balewadi hired a helicopter to bring his newborn granddaughter and daughter-in-law to his house in Balewadi from the maternal house of the daughter-in-law in Shewalwadi in Pune. (26.04) pic.twitter.com/T9dR8gxVqe— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2022
(With inputs from PTI)