Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Jan 28 (ANI): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan felicitated the National Bravery Awardees from Odisha, during a programme in capital Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Kendrapada’s Mamata Dalai and Pankaj Mahanta from Keonjhar, are the two awardees from the state. During the felicitation programme, Pradhan asserted that both, Mamata and Pankaj, are sources of ‘inspiration’ for the children across Odisha as well as across the entire nation. “They have made Odisha proud,” he said. Six-year-old Mamata fought with a crocodile to save a seven-year-old girl while 14-year-old Pankaj was awarded for saving three lives from drowning in Baitarani River. He saved three women from drowning in the water body by pulling them one by one to river bank. They were awarded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 24.
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