int main ( int argc, char **argv )
{
        PGconn *psql;
        PGresult *res;
        int flag = 0;

        openlog ( "postgres", LOG_NDELAY, LOG_SYSLOG );

        psql = PQconnectdb("hostaddr = '127.0.0.0' port = '5432' dbname = 'RtpDb' user = 'rtp_user_99' password = 'rtp_user' connect_timeout = '10'");
        if ( PQstatus(psql) != CONNECTION_OK )
        {
           //Send an event to syslog for DB Connection Failure
           syslog (LOG_EMERG, "%s", PQerrorMessage(psql) )
        }
       closelog ();
       PQclear(res);
       PQfinish(psql);
}

Broadcast message from systemd-journald@blr09 (Tue 2017-01-03 05:24:46 EST):
postgres[40933]: could not connect to server: Network is unreachable
        Is the server running on host "127.0.0.0" and accepting
        TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
Message from syslogd@blr09 at Jan  3 05:24:46 ...
 postgres:could not connect to server: Network is unreachable#012#011Is the server running on host "127.0.0.0" and accepting#012#011TCP/IP connections on port 5432?