Padma Shri awardee S Damodaran is contesting as an unbiased candidate from Tiruchirappalli.
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu:
Whereas high-decibel campaigns by tall political leaders make headlines within the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls, a Padma Shri awardee who’s contesting as an unbiased candidate within the Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency is campaigning by interacting with vegetable distributors, making flower garlands and promoting greens.
S Damodaran, 62, who hails from Tiruchirappalli is contesting this election beneath the gasoline range image, was seen searching for votes on the metropolis’s Gandhi Market from folks and vegetable distributors.
“I’m an Impartial candidate from Trichy constituency. I’m the son of the soil. I belong to Trichy metropolis. I’ve been working within the sanitation centre as Affiliate Service volunteer for greater than 40 years. I began my profession on the age of 21. Now I’m 62. On the age of 60, I obtained the Padma Shree award from then President of India Ram Nath Kovind for my work within the sanitation sector,” Mr Damodaran stated, talking to ANI about his profession.
#WATCH | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu: Impartial candidate from Trichy Lok Sabha seat Padma Shri S Damodaran indulges in making flower garland and sells greens because the a part of Election Marketing campaign pic.twitter.com/9iARbrat1O
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2024
Talking about his profession intimately, Mr Damodaran stated, “I’ve been working within the sanitation centre as Affiliate Service volunteer for greater than 40 years. I began my profession on the age of 21. Now I’m 62. On the age of 60, I obtained the Padma Shree award from then President of India Ram Nath Kovind I used to be concerned in offering entry to water and sanitation amenities in rural and concrete areas.”
Mr Damodaran shared that he began his social service on the age of 21 and had served in the course of the tenure of 9 prime ministers all through his lifetime.
“I began my social service on the age of 21, when Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India. I’ve come throughout 9 prime ministers in my lifetime. I labored beneath all centrally sponsored rural sanitation programmes and made each village a job mannequin village,” he stated.
Talking about his distinctive marketing campaign, Domdaran stated, “Right now I’ve began my marketing campaign within the Gandhi Market space, which falls beneath my parliamentary constituency. I get fantastic reception wherever I’m going.”
On the necessary tasks that he needs to push for in Tiruchirappalli if he’s voted to energy, Mr Damodaran stated, “We have to work to make Trichy a clear and inexperienced metropolis. Individuals are demanding a Ring Highway for town as it’s centrally situated and lots of buses and transport autos are crossing Trichy…We’re additionally engaged on flyovers at necessary areas in Trichy Metropolis.”
The central authorities conferred the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award within the Padma sequence of awards, on S Damodaran for his distinguished service within the discipline of social work.
The award was in recognition of his service as a “social employee who has devoted his life to sanitation promotion in villages and slums in South India.”
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