Samdong resident bags national youth award

GANGTOK, 22 Jan: Hari Nepal of Khesay, Samdong in East Sikkim has been conferred the National Youth Award for the year 2012-13 in recognition of his outstanding services to the community. 28-year-old Mr Nepal was among the 32 recipients of this award from all over the country.
He was conferred the award on the occasion of National Youth Festival organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports at Ludhiana, Punjab on 12 January.
Hari Nepal has been mainly working in the field of community awareness and organizing awareness programmes in drug abuse prevention, HIV/AIDS and other motivational programmes especially for the youth.
Speaking at a press conference today, Mr Nepal said that he wants to dedicate his achievements to the youth of the state and would continue with his social work for different sections in the state.
“Since my childhood days I have been engaged in social work, especially in creating awareness in the society. While working with the Nehru Yuva Kendra I got many opportunities to work outside the state and go on exposure tours which motivated me to work more efficiently”, he said.
He further suggested that the concerned government department should engage youth in the age group of 13 to 18 years in different motivational programmes to steer them away from anti-social activities and to show them the right path.