New Delhi: Four officers and personnel of the NDRF have been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Republic Day-2019.
Zahid Khan, Commandant, Rajesh Negi Second-in-Command, Mohmad Ebrahim Abdul Ghani, Deputy Commandant and Kulbir Singh, head constable have been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Service in recognition to their selfless services to the nation, a NDRF official said.
So far, eight National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)personnel have been awarded President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 57 with the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Since its inception NDRF has won hearts of millions of countrymen, by demonstrating its expertise and compassion while handling disaster situations. The list of such challenges is long.
To cite a few a six storey building collapsed at Bellary (Karnataka) in January 2010. In a meticulously planned, round the clock operation lasting seven days, the NDRF rescued 20 trapped live victims and retrieved 29 bodies. In a multi-storey factory building collapse at Jalandhar (Punjab) in April 2012, the NDRF successfully rescued 12 live victims trapped under huge rubble of debris and also recovered 19 dead bodies.
The sterling services rendered by 46 NDRF personnel in response to the triple disaster in Japan in March-April 2011, has also won NDRF laurels.