GURDASPUR : To mark the 70th anniversary of India’s Independence Day , chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh conferred state awards to 45 persons including religious activists, police personnel and government officials for their services and contribution to the society during the state level Independence Day function held here at the Shaheed Lt. Navdeep Singh Ashok Chakra Sports Stadium.

Those, who were conferred the state awards included Hazoora Singh, Fire Officer Municipal Corporation Ludhiana, Naresh Kumar and Lovelesh Kumar (all firemen at Municipal Corporation) Ludhiana, Saudagar Singh of PESCO working as fireman at Ludhiana, Manpreet Kaur village Shahpur Theri, Sangrur, Surjit Singh Doohre, village Doohre of Jalandha, Inder Singh Gogia, founder member Sri Sukhmani Sahib Sewa Society, Ferozepur City, Ravi S Ahluwalia of Patiala, Dr. Bhupinder Singh, SMO in charge Civil Hospital Pathankot, Sohan Maheshwari, Bathinda, Vijay Goel of Bathinda, Kewal Krishan of Bathinda, Vijay Kumar of Bathinda, Satnam Singh of village Lachowal of Hoshiarpur, Piara Singh of Sangrur, Tejinder Kaur of Kharar, Mohali, Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sidhu, Deputy Director-cum-District Dental Health Officer, Gurdaspur, Amarjit Singh of Bathinda, Dr. Rehman Akhtar, Assistant Professor, Pharsi, Urdu and Arbi Department Punjabi University, Patiala, Ali Mohammad of Rajpura, Gurmit Singh Sidhu, Professor in Department of Guru Gobind Singh Religion Study Center, Punjabi University, Patiala, Dr. Jaswant Singh, Medical Officer (Surgeon) VVIP Medical Team, Chief Minister, Punjab, Dr. Ram Sakal Singh, Director PAU’s Agriculture Research Center, Gurdaspur, Dr. Vikram Raj Singh Chauhan, Forensic Scientist, Patiala Bureau of Identification, Amrik Singh, Soil Testing cum Block Agriculture Officer, Dr. Damanjit Sandhu, Associate Professor, Psychatric Department, Punjabi University, Patiala, Naresh Kumar, Sub Divisional Engineer, PWD (B&R), Pathankot, Golu Mann, Abul Khurana, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Dr. Dharam Singh Sandhu, Principal SCD Government College, Ludhiana, Darshan Arora, Chairman Ludhiana Citizen Council, Charanjit Singh of Malerkotla, Sangrur, Yashpal Bangian, Ludhiana, Ms Poonam, Raju Rajinder Singh, both of Pingalwara, Amritsar, Davinder Singh, Lecturer, SAS Nagar, Harinder Singh Grewal, ETT Teacher Nabha (Patiala), Rajinder Kumar, ETT, Faridkot, Mrs. Vatsla Kumari, ETT teacher, Hoshiarpur, Gurbachan Singh, ASI in Punjab Police, Amritsar and Tarsem Garg, social activists, Sangrur.