Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Saturday presented the distinguished President’s medals to 46 personnel and volunteers of the Home Guards, Civil Defence, Fire and Emergency Services at the Raj Bhavan.
The medals awarded at the ‘Investiture Ceremony’ organised by the Directorate of Home Guards, Civil Defence, Fire and Emergency Services included the Independence Day awards for 2006 and 2007, Republic Day awards for 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Governor Mr Thakur who presented the medals to as many as 46 officials of the home guards and civil defence, fire and emergency services said the awards inspire others to discharge their duties with devotion, commitment and understanding.
“The home guards play a vital role in protecting the lives and property of people during natural calamities like floods, earthquakes, collapse of buildings in disasters. Karnataka State Fire and Emergency forces put their lives at risk, while providing fire safety and prevention and conduct rescue, salvage operations during accidents and calamities” he said. Jija Madhavan Hari Singh, DGP and Commandant General, Home Guards and Civil Defence and P K H Tharakan, advisor to governor were among those present at the ceremony. Names of medal winners:
Dr B K Shivaprasad Rai, (Retd) Dakshina Kannada, K Bheemappa (Retd) Bangalore, K V Balaram Chikkamagalur Dist, H K Mahadevappa Shimoga, Dr L S Prasad Chitradurga, S A Wahid Gulbarga Dist, V Purushottam Mysore Dist, C R Paramashivayya Hassan Dist, P Irudayanadan Bangalore, A B Wajre Bangalore, B Mariswamy Kolar Dist, M P M Channabasaiah Davanagere Dist, K F Jayaraju Tumkur Dist, D K Kulkarni Bidar Dist, A Suresh Tumkur Dist, Rajendra Ranganathan Uttara Kannada Dist, Mariraj Guttipet Raichur Dist, M N Y Hegde Hassan Dist, A N Momin Bangalore Dist, K P Nagesh Bangalore, B Shivakumar Tumkur Dist, Girija Shankar Shetty Gulbarga Dist, K S Jai Vittal Udipi Dist, Dr Suresh Dharwadkar Bellary Dist, R B Dandinnavar Chitradurga Dist, Chikkavenkatappa Chikamagalur Dist, M S Mallikharjun Davanagere, M Basavaraju Bangalore, H M Shivanne Gowda, Bangalore, Marimadaiah Malavalli, K Pramod Kumar Hegde Puttur, Nagendra Mysore, P Mohan Bellary, H M Puttaswamy Bangalore, Yelloji Rao Magadi, B Shabir Ahmed Hospet, Balakrishna Bangalore, G Abdul Salaam Challakere, D Balaram Singh Harihar, K Manjunath Rao Chikkamagalur, H Venkatappa Bangalore, Chandrashekhar Challakere, A Ashwathappa Bangalore, S Mahalingaiah Channapatna, H Gopal Rao Bangalore, Franklin Marx Pandeshwar.
