Uttar Pradesh

Police Mitra, an initiative started by constable Ashish Mishra has helped save more than 1500 lives so far.

Durga Shakti Nagpal's car was stopped on the roads and people tried to harm her physically, with mafia openly brandishing weapons at her.

"Instead of measuring the performance of railways solely in terms of income they generated, we must also consider how we perform in taking care of people, particularly the vulnerable", says IRTS officer Sanjay Kumar. #Respect

“We conducted a bit of research to narrow in on the hospital that had the most needy people. And once we found it, we started going there regularly.”

Fondly known as Malik Bhai, the 29-year-old tea seller has been spending 80 per cent of his income to educate more than 40 underprivileged children since the last three years!

District Magistrate Heera Lal helped motivate the people, who raised a district brought to its knees by drought all the way to the cusp of water self-sufficiency.

“We were four siblings and making ends meet with my father’s salary was not at all easy. I studied in a school that was around 15 km away from my home and travelled everyday by various modes; which included walking.”

Additionally, because of the salinity and hardness of the water, annual expenditure on cooking fuel had increased to Rs 4,000, which is now being saved.

“In India, we have this notion that cleaning is the job of a particular person. This impression must go,” said Ajay Shankar Pandey, Ghaziabad DM. #IAS #Inspiration

How did a single person’s efforts lead to a forest spanning five acres in Bundelkhand, a region notorious for its arid geography, sparse rainfall, and decade-long droughts?