CORAPUT: Padma Shri Awardee Social Workers Shanti Devi (88) died at the place of origin in Gunupur in Ringgada District in Odisha on Sunday night.
Octogenarian, who was awarded Padma Shri on November 21, was rushed to the sub-division hospital at Gunupur after he complained of chest pain and felt unconscious.
He was declared dead by doctors.
“Shanti Devi Ji will be remembered as the voice of the poor and underprivileged.
He worked selflessly to eliminate suffering and create a healthier and also only.
Hurt by his death.
My mind with his family and countless admirers.
Om Shanti,” tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Chairman of the Minister of Naveen Patnaik and Minister of Union Dharmendra Pradhan and Coraput MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, among others, among others, too conveyed sadness over the deaths of famous social workers.
“It is very painful for the death of Shanti Devi.
His life contribution to lifting tribes and marginal part of the community is inspiration.
I express my condoliation for a grieving family,” Tweeted Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Born on April 18, 1934 in Ballasore District, Shanti Devi married at the age of 17 years to Gandhi Follower Rig Das and has shifted to Coraput Regency.
He has established Ashram in Gobarapallin Village in Ringgada District and works tirelessly for the development and education of GIRLS Tribal Girls.
Then, he founded an ashram for leprosy patients in Jabarguda Blok Padmapur in Rayaganada Regency and after several years he shifted his base to Gunupur and established Seven Sejaj in 1964 for providing education to the tribal girls with the aim of making girls aimed at making Girls to make.
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Shanti Devi has worked widely for the rehabilitation and education of orphans and poor children.
He was also associated with the movement of the Betan and Wo Rked with Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
In 1961, he became a Utkal Secretary of Navajeenvan Mandal.
Shanti Devi survived by her son Sidharth Das.