Visakhapatnam: In a truly inspirational story, a new mother, who is also the Commissioner of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation was back at work within just one month of giving birth to her baby.

Refusing to take the maternity leave, 2013 IAS batch pass out Srijana Gummalla has shown that work is worship and that a woman can strike a balance between work and family if she has the passion to do so.

With her new born in hand, Gummalla is often seen working in her office. An image of the officer handling her office work, with the infant in hand has gone viral and netizens could not stop themselves frm showring praises at the officer.

The image was tweeted by Twitter user Chiguru Prashanth Kumar who wrote, “An extraordinary feather of @IASassociation. 2013 batch IAS Mrs @GummallaSrijana Commissioner @GVMC_OFFICIALnrefused to take 06 months maternal leave and joined back her office with one month old baby in lap. Truly inspiring to all #CoronaWarriors”.

Gumalla responded to the tweet, stating that she was taking all the necessary precautions to ensure the baby was properly cared for even at work.

“Thanks for the kind words Prashanth garu,” she wrote in response.

“Taking every precaution with baby. I keep the baby with me in a very protected environment for feeding and nurturing,” she further added.