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Eight-year-old Vyoma Priya of Coimbatore was posthumously honoured with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for bravery for her effort to prevention different child, Jiyans Reddy (4), during a fatal electrocution incident.
Vyoma Priya died aft suffering an electrical daze from a faulty underground powerfulness cablegram portion attempting to prevention the younger kid successful the parkland of a gated assemblage successful Coimbatore connected July 2, 2024. The incidental occurred astatine Raman Vihar, located connected the Thudiyalur–Saravanampatti Road. The children were playing successful the parkland area, which was drenched successful rain. They suffered an electrical shock, which is said to person passed from an underground electrical cablegram that supplied powerfulness to the lights successful the park.
Vyoma Priya was the girl of T. Balachander and Archana Sivaramakrishnan. Her parent received the grant from the President of India, Draupadi Murmu, connected Friday.
The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar was announced successful designation of Vyoma Priya’s enactment during the incident. The grant is presented annually to children crossed the state for acts of bravery and service.
Speaking to The Hindu, Ms. Archana said she was arrogant to person the honour and wished that Vyoma had been live to person the grant herself. She appealed to the authorities to enforce stricter information rules to guarantee that specified incidents bash not hap again and that children playing successful parks stay safe.
