Punjab teen who rescued 15 kids to get national bravery award
17 year old Karanbeer Singh from Punjab who rescued 15 children from a school bus that had plunged into a drain will be among 18 children to receive the National Bravery Awards this year.
Singh, who was also in the bus and was injured, showed courage and helped other children to come out of the water-filled bus.
Also, among the awardees is 18-year-old Nazia from Uttar Pradesh, who helped local police capture perpetrators of an illegal business of gambling and betting.
The awards will be given by Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) are divided into five categories -- Bharat Award, Geeta Chopra Award, Sanjay Chopra Award, Bapu Gaidhani Award, and General National Bravery Awards -- will be given away by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 24.
President Ramnath Kovind will host a reception for the awardees -- seven girls and 11 boys. The students will also be participating in the Republic Day parade on January 26.
The other recipients of the bravery awards include Laxmi Yadav (16) from Raipur, Mansha N (13), N Shangpon Konyak (18), Yoaknei (18) from Nagaland, Chingai Wangsa (18) from Nagaland, Samridhi Sushil Sharma (17) from Gujarat, Zonuntluanga (16) from Mizoram, Pankaj Semwal (16) from Uttarakhand, Nadaf Ejaj Abdul Rauf (17) from Maharashtra, and Pankaj Kumar Mahanta (15) from Odisha.
“The selection was made by a high-powered committee comprising representatives of various ministries, departments, NGOs as well as office bearers of ICCW," Gita Siddhartha, president-ICCW, said.
First announced in 1957, the award so far has been given to 680 boys and 283 girls.
-PTC News
