Uttarakhand: Brave children of the state will get bravery award at state level, waiting for governor’s approval

Brave children of the state are honoured every year on Republic Day, but for some reason, the Indian Child Welfare Council has not been seeking applications for this for the past few years. This is the reason why now there are preparations to award such children at the state level.
Now preparations are on to give bravery award at the state level to the brave children of the state who save the lives of others by putting their own lives in danger. The State Child Welfare Council has prepared a proposal for this, which may get approval from the Raj Bhavan on 17 February
Cases of children showing indomitable courage by saving others from leopards often come to light. Apart from this, the brave children of the state do many brave acts like saving others from drowning in water. Earlier, these brave children of the state were honored every year on Republic Day by the Indian Child Welfare Council, but for some reason, applications for this have not been sought by the Indian Child Welfare Council for the last few years. This is the reason that now preparations are being made to reward such children at the state level. For this, after the approval of the proposal, applications of such children will be taken at the state level. After which the child heroes will be given the state level bravery award
Brave daughter Rakhi had fought with leopard
Brave daughter Rakhi of Pauri district had fought with leopard to save the life of her four year old brother from leopard. In view of her bravery she has been awarded with National Bravery Award in the past. Such cases of child heroes are not one or two but many in the state.
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These children of Uttarakhand have received National Bravery Award
So far 15 child heroes of the state have received National Bravery Award. Harish Rana of Tehri Garhwal in the year 2003, Mazda of Haridwar in 2004, Pooja Kandpal of Almora in 2007, Priyanshu Joshi of Dehradun in 2010, Late Shruti Lodhi of Dehradun in 2010, Late Shri Ram of Rudraprayag in 2011, Kapil Negi in 2011, Late Monica alias Manisha of Chamoli in 2014, Labhanshu of Dehradun in 2014, Arjun of Tehri in 2015, Sumit Mamagai of Dehradun in 2016, Pankaj Semwal of Tehri Garhwal in 2017, Rakhi of Pauri Garhwal in 2019, Sunny of Nainital in 2020, Mohit Chand Upreti of Pithoragarh in 2020 and Nitin Rawat of Rudraprayag in 2022 have received this award.