Capt Amarinder honours 21 eminent personalities with state award

Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 15

On the occasion of the 73rd Independence Day, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh conferred state awards to 21 eminent personalities for their outstanding contribution in various fields, besides presenting the Chief Minister’s Police Medal to nine police officers and officials in recognition of their distinguished services.

The state awardees included social activists, artistes, litterateurs, poets, progressive farmers, environmentalists and government officials besides a cancer specialist, who have made outstanding contribution in their respective fields.

The chief minister conferred certificate and cash award to Dr Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal of Moga district’s Duneke village, Lieutenant Colonel (Retd.) Bishan Dass of Dhaliwal Colony, Patiala, president of Munde Ahmedgarh De Welfare Club Rakesh Kumar Garg, Amandeep Singh from Kanpur village in Pathankot, Tarsem Chand Semy of Mansa, Pandit Manu Seen from Jalandhar, Jinder Singh of village Sandhua in Ropar district, Harsh Kumar Harsh from Patiala, Abhishek Kumar Chauhan from Rajpura, Dr Vishal Goyal, computer expert from Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjabi writer Gurmeet Singh Singhal, Dr Devinder Singh Sandhu, a cancer super specialist from Ludhiana, Rajesh Kumar Bhagat from Jalandahr, Baba Sewa Singh Ji of Khadoor Sahib, Sameer Sharda from Pathankot, Lalit Mohan Pathak from Nawan Shahr, Gunbir Singh from Amritsar and veterinary inspector Amandeep Singh from Patiala.

The other recipients of the state award were Sita Rani, sarpanch of village Haripur in Jalandhar district, Harpreet Singh Dhillon from Fatehgarh Sahib and Kuldeep Singh from SAS Nagar.

The chief minister also honoured nine police officers and officials, with the prestigious Chief Minister’s Police Medal in recognition of their excellent services, including Joint Director Vigilance Bureau, Mohali, Parmjit Singh Goraya, SSP Vigilance Bureau, Range Jalandhar, Diljinder Singh Dhillon, Assistant Inspector General Police, Election Cell, Harbir Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police Investigation, Patiala, Harmit Singh Hundal, Deputy Superintendent of Police Election Cell Amroz Singh, DSP, Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, Sewak Singh, SHO police station, Dakha, Inspector Jagdish Kumar, SHO police station, Mullanpur, Mohali Inspector Bhagwant Singh and Inspector Karnail Singh posted in Jalandhar Rural.