Alappuzha :

Indo-Tibetan Border Police jawan Jomon P G of Cherthala is among 56 people approved for the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards, 2014. President Pranab Mukherjee approved the awards on the eve of Republic Day.

Besides Jomon, six others, including four children from the state, too, have been selected for the awards.

Of the 56 awards, 27, including that of Jomon’s, are posthumous. Jomon was killed in a helicopter crash near Gaurikund during a rescue operation in flood-hit Uttarakhand in June 2013. He has been selected for Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak.

Subin Mathew, Akhil Biju, Yadhukrishnan V S, and Rahul T L are the children who will be awarded Jeevan Raksha Padak along with K C Mathew and Shaju P P from the state.

Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person.

“Though two years has passed since the departure of our son, we are still being honoured. We are proud of our son and now we also feel great as our son won this award posthumously,” said 66-year-old Georgekutty, Jomon’s father.

Jomon was selected into the border police force in 2010 as a constable, while he was working as supervisor of a construction company in Thiruvanthapuram. The villagers constructed a memorial and a road in his name. They have also started charitable activites in his name.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kozhikode / TNN / January 26th, 2015