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23
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Monday January 17, 2011 07:00:45 PM,
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New Delhi:
A 12-year-old girl who saved the lives of two children in a quarry
in Kerala and a 15-year-old boy who rescued a 55-year-old man from
a train accident in Madhya Pradesh are among the 23 children who
have been named for the National Bravery Awards this year for
their exemplary acts of courage.
In a press meet here Monday, Gita Siddartha, president of the
Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) introduced the
brave-hearts who will be given the award. Of the 23 -- nine girls
and 14 boys -- two children will be awarded posthumously.
Bibek Sharma, an 11-year-old boy from Sikkim who saved the life of
a 7-year-old girl, said: "I feel very proud because I saved a life
and my message is that people must help each other".
Sharma held out his arms and caught the girl who fell from the
second floor of a building. Both fell onto the concrete ground and
had to be rushed to the hospital to tend to their injuries.
The prestigious Sanjay Chopra bravery award will be conferred on
11-year-old Priyanshu Joshi from Uttarakhand who saved his sister
from the clutches of a leopard after fighting him valiantly with
his bare hands and school bag.
Thirteen-year-old Jismi K.M. from Kerala, who saved two children
from drowning, will be conferred the Geeta Chopra bravery award.
Shuruti Lodhi, 13, and Champa Kanwar, six, will be awarded the
bravery award posthumously.
Lodhi was participating in a "Run to Live" race organised by an
NGO at Dehradun last year. During the race, a tree suddenly fell
on her. Even then she warned other children, so that they could
escape and thus saved their lives.
An emotional Sumita Lodhi, Shuruti's mother said: "She wanted to
be a software engineer... but she is no more. She was our only
child."
Kanwar from Rajashtan was selected for the award for an
unsuccessful attempt to save the life of her sister from a fire --
in the process losing her own life and that of her sister's too.
The awardees have been selected by a committee comprising
representatives of various ministries, NGOs and ICCW members. They
will receive a medal, certificate and cash award by the prime
minister ahead of the Republic Day Jan 26.
According to the ICCW, eligible awardees will be granted financial
assistance until they complete their schooling as part of ICCW's
sponsorship programme and will be facilitated to study
professional courses like medical and engineering under the Indira
Gandhi Scholarship Scheme.
The central government also announced reservation of some seats in
medical and engineering colleges and polytechnics for the winners
of the bravery awards of 2009.
The children will also take part in the Republic Day parade.
The National Bravery Awards recognising deeds of brave children
have been initiated by ICCW since 1957.
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