The focus this year was more on improving the infrastructure works in general and fight against Covid-19 & enhancing the passenger amenities in particular.
He saved a life of a child who accidentally fell on the track.
He said that the boy’s mother, a resident of Vangani, had called him to thank him. He continued, “She is a housewife and she’s blind. Her husband must be earning something but the family is very poor. They cannot provide for the six year old boy s future. So I have decided that I will give the money that I am getting to the family.
Shelkhe said he will call up the Ministry of Railways to find out when the money will be handed over to him. “When it is handed over, I will send it to the family, he said.
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Railway ministry announces Rs 50,000 reward for employee who saved child from being crushed under train
The Ministry of Railways has announced Rs 50,000 for Mayur Shelke, a Central Railway employee who saved a six-year-old boy by risking his own life.
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UPDATED: April 21, 2021 11:04 IST
Mayur Shelke, a Central Railway employee, has been awarded Rs 50,000 for saving a child
Praising the heroic act of railway pointsman Mayur Shelke for saving the life of a six-year-old child by risking his own life, the Ministry of Railways announced Rs 50,000 for the Central Railway employee.
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Jawa Motorcycle, too, will gift a new bike to Mayur Shelke for his heroic act, Classic Legends chief Anupam Thareja announced.