File photo for representation. | Photo Credit:
Biswaranjan Rout
Her family thought it was dangerous work and wanted her to quit, but she did not budge. When hundreds of migrants from her village in Madhya Pradesh s Sheopur district returned during lockdown, Nazira Khan, an Anganwadi worker, ensured that they followed quarantine and those who were sick got treatment.
Her family thought it was dangerous work and wanted her to quit, but she did not budge. Now the National Commission for Women would be felicitating her as a ‘COVID Woman Warrior in New Delhi on January 31.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani will felicitate Ms. Khan during a ceremony on the NCW s foundation day, a Madhya Pradesh public relations department official said on Friday.