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Country's future safe in your
hands, PM tells young bravehearts
Saturday January 22, 2011 08:31:00 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: India's 23 little
bravehearts were Saturday conferred the National Bravery Awards
for their exemplary deeds of courage by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, who observed that the country's future was safe in their
hands. Two of the 23 were awarded posthumously.
Addressing the children after giving the awards, the prime
minister said: "It gives me immense pleasure to award the National
Bravery Award winners every year. The entire nation is proud and
has great hopes for them. The future of the country is safe in
hands of children like you".
Condoling the death of two children who lost their lives while
saving others, Singh said that their sacrifice will not go waste
but serve as an inspiration to many others.
Shuruti Lodhi, 13, and Champa Kanwar, six, were given 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.
Kanwar from Rajasthan 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 too.
A special mention was made for a few children by the prime
minister. One among them was seven-year-old Shravan Kumar of
Rajasthan who saved the lives of two others from a fire and the
other was 16-year-old Sunita Murmu of West Bengal who fought her
oppressors and got justice.
Murmu was paraded naked across three villages and molested by
locals on suspicion of having an affair with a boy. However, she
did not break down. Instead, she filed a police complaint,
identified the oppressors and got them arrested.
The children will take part in the Republic Day parade Jan 26.
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