3 Good Samaritans who rescued countless accident victims honoured

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August 16, 2017

Mangaluru, Aug 16: Three Good Samaritans, who have been helping accident victims and  10 students from government schools, who did well in the Class 10 examination were among those felicitated by district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai during the Independence Day celebrations at the Nehru Maidan in the city.

Mr. Rai presented “Jeevarakshak award” to Sunil Ivan Menezes from Vagga in Bantwal for rescuing nearly 150 accident victims in the last 15 years. Mr. Menezes has also been taking care of people abandoned on the streets.

The award was also presented to Sharat Kumar from Thokkottu, who has saved the lives of nearly 100 accident victims in the last 15 years, and Naveen Kumar from Uppinangady, who has saved the lives of 20 accident victims.

Students get laptops

The Department of Public Instruction has been giving away every year laptops to top three scorers in the Class 10 examination. These laptops are given, apart from the top three scorers of the district, to toppers in the seven educational blocks.

Mr. Rai presented laptops to Sanath Raghava U., a student of Government Pre University College, Puttur, who topped the district with 615 marks. Shivaram from Government Pre University College Siddakatte, Bantwal, (610 marks), Prajesh from Government Secondary School Kashipatna, Belthangady (606) and Roopa from Government School, Keyyur, Puttur (606), were the other three toppers from the district to receive the laptops.

Mr. Rai presented laptops to Pratham A. Acharya from Chelyar, Puneeta from Balmatta and Prem Sagar from Chelyar, who were toppers from the Mangaluru North Block. Prateeksha from Kuppepadavu, Harshini from Permannoor and Sharanya S., who topped the Mangaluru South Block, also received the laptops.

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Saleem Panja
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Wednesday, 16 Aug 2017

Minister UT Khader also entitle for Jeevarakshak award, he  also appeared at accident spot.

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