Volunteer firefighter from Kolkata, 24x7 bike ambulance runner from Jalpaiguri awarded Padma Shri
Bipin Ganatra, who lost his brother in a fire when he was just 12 years old, take part voluntarily in fire fighting and emergency rescue operations in Kolkata.
He claimed that he had taken part in over 100 firefighting and rescue operations in the city with professional firemen.
Meanwhile, a 52-year-old man from Jalpaiguri district of West Benagl, Karimul Haque, lost his mother as she did not get proper treatment on time.
Karimul Haque runs a 24x7 bike ambulance service and takes patients from remote areas to hospital free of cost by his motorcycle.
Haque claimed that he had taken at least 3000 patients, including elderly, women and children, from as many as 15 nearby villages to hospitals.
However, President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, will confer the duo with Padma Shri for their social works on Republic Day (Thursday) in New Delhi.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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