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Death is just the beginning
for this award winner Mr. Chandrakant Mehar (45) won the Gold Medal in the category of acts
of social courage at the 10th Red & White Bravery Awards for the state
of Maharashtra on Wednesday. It is Mehar's belief that dead bodies should
be donated to medical college for the benefit of humanity. In his efforts
to make a change, he has ceaselessly strived for 17 years to convince
200 persons to donate their bodies to the medical college of Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Passionate about his work, this milk vendor's efforts at encouraging people
to donate their bodies have constantly been stalled due to the lack of
basic infrastructure needed for embalming the bodies. Spreading awareness
through the media, Mehar has won over 1000 people, who have filled up
forms to donate their bodies. The Silver Medal in the same category would
be presented to Dr. Gorakhprasad Dhanjode (49) for helping disabled people,
whereas the bronze medal would be conferred on Sampat Tukaram of Nagpur
for his campaign to create awareness about sickle cell anemia in the backward
areas of Nagpur. |