Uttarakhand's health department is proactively relocating high-risk pregnant women from remote villages to health centers two weeks before their due dates due to monsoon-related road blockages. Around 500 women need assistance, with arrangements made in Kapkot, Bageshwar, including requisitioned hotels for lodging and meals.
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