After CCTV footage of Shelke’s daring rescue went viral, he has become a man in great demand. He has been getting hundreds of phone calls and invitations from people and organisations eager to felicitate him. Among those who have called to congratulate him are Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
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It’s 2.30 pm on Thursday and Mayur Sakharam Shelke has only had a fruit for breakfast. The 30-year-old hasn’t had a chance to open the tiffin box that his mother has been packing for him. “People offer me snacks and food wherever I go but I just don’t have time as there are so many engagements in a day,” he tells Mumbai Mirror over the phone while confirming a late evening meeting at his house that day in Talawade, near Neral railway station.
(For those who came in late, Shelke risked his life to rescue six-year-old Sahil Shirsat who had fallen on the tracks at Vangani railway station; the Udayan Express was speeding towards Mumbai from
Alert Railway pointsman Mayur Shelke saves the life of a child
Mayur Sakharam Shelke, working as a Pointsman in Railways at Vangani station of Central Railway with his courageous act saved the life of a 6 years old child putting himself in danger.
In an incident on April 17, 2021 Mayur Sakharam Shelke, while performing his duty at Vangani station on Mumbai Division of Central Railway saw a child fallen on track and trying to climb up on platform. The child was so small that he was unable to climb the platform. At same time Train No. 01302 Up (Udyan Express) was approaching on the same track speedily. Shelke, immediately swung into action and jumped on the track and ran towards the child. He lifted the child and pushed him on the platform and then he himself climbed on the platform just in a fraction of second. Thus his timely action and presence of mind saved the life of a child.
Central Railway celebrates International Womenâs Day
Central Railway celebrated International Womenâs Day with various activities on March 8, 2021.
Sanjeev Mittal, General Manager, Central Railway presented sewing machines to female dependent wards of employees, bicycles to Railway School, Bhusaval for imparting cycling training to female students and certificates to Women Railway Employees who had completed computer courses and Light Motor Vehicle driving courses at a function organised under the aegis of Staff Benefit Fund & Rail Parivar Dekh-Rekh Muhim at CSMT auditorium, Mumbai. The General Manager also gave away awards to deserving women employees. The women employees shared their experiences with the audience.
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