Rayagada : Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, who arrived Rayagada today, interacted with notable social worker and Padma Shri Shanti Devi at her residence here.
He also added that “Prime Minister Narendra Modi had specially urged to meet her and seek her blessing”.
Shanti Devi, a grassroot level social worker from Odisha who has been serving humanity for the last seven decades, is one of the several Padma Shri Awardees of 2021.
It is her indomitable spirit to offer every minute of her life for social works that has earned her the moniker ‘Koraputia Gandhi’ (Koraput’s Gandhi).
Shanti Devi, who was born on April 18, 1934, leads a voluntary body called Seva Samaj with an aim to rehabilitate the orphans and destitute children and provide them education and vocational training. She has set up an Ashram at Gunpur for this purpose.
Notably Union Min Ashwini Vaishnaw, visited Rayagada district under BJP’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ involving newly-inducted Union Cabinet ministers.
