Jitendra Singh Shunti, the founder of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal, who performed thousands of funerals during the Corona period, has been honored by the President with Padma Shri for social service. Expressing happiness, he said, Bhagat Singh had kissed the noose for the sake of the country at the age of 23 and I am doing my work inspired by him.
Actually, Jitendra Singh Shunti, a two-time councilor from Jhilmil ward of Delhi and MLA from Shahdara, has been running an organization named Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal for the last 26 years. This organization provides free ambulance service.
Working for the service of the people for about 25 years
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Jitendra Singh Shunti said that we have been working for the service of the people for almost 25 years. During the Corona period, when no one was touching anyone, we helped them. In this apart from me, my driver and children also supported me, during which one of my drivers also got martyred.
“We have cremated over 4000 bodies. The honor given to me by the President has boosted our morale even more. I have not received this award but those who supported me got it.
Funeral of more than 4 thousand people during the first wave
He said, since the first wave of Corona, we have performed the last rites of more than 4 thousand people. Our ambulance was always ready for more than 19 thousand patients and used to take them to the hospital. Apart from this, we also immersed the ashes of more than 14 thousand people. According to Shanty, when my name came for this award on 26 January, then the second wave of corona came after that, during which we worked more than last time.
Nothing rewards passion: Shanty
He said that people told me during that time that now you are going to get Padma Shri, so what is the need to come to the cremation ground. So I used to tell him that there is no award in front of passion. At the age of 23, Bhagat Singh kissed the noose, we are his supporters, according to him, during the Corona period, the work of transporting patients from hospital to home and from home to hospital was started, but due to the increasing epidemic, this journey till the cremation of dead bodies. reached.
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