Jalpaiguri (WB): Ever since he watched his mother die after failing to go to a hospital in the absence of an ambulance, 52-year-old KarimulHaq in Jalpaiguri district’s Malbazar sub-division has used his motorcycle to take patients to medical facilities.
\r\nA resident of Krantir village and a tea garden worker, his noble efforts have been rewarded by the Union government as he has been chosen for a Padmashree award this year, Malbazar bloc sub-divisional officer Jyotirmoy Tanti said. |
