Railway Employee To Give 50% Of Award Money For Education Of Child He Saved

The mas also refused to take cash awards from private organisations, saying the money should be given for the treatment of needy coronavirus patients.

Railway pointsman Mayur Shelke would be donating half the award money he has received to the family of a six-year-old child whom he rescued from the path of a speeding train. He has also refused to take cash awards from private organisations, saying the money should be given for the treatment of needy coronavirus patients. The railway ministry earlier this week announced an award of Rs 50,000 for Mr Shelke, a Central Railway employee. He has decided to donate Rs 25,000 to ensure "bright future" for Sahil Shirsat, the boy, whose mother suffers from visual impairment.