Mr Stalin invited them and personally felicitated them at the State Secretariat and handed over a cheque for Rs 5 lakh, from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund, to them.
A couple of days back, the couple, defying their age, in a timely intervention on hearing a loud noise averted a major train mishap at Sengottai.
The couple woke up to a loud noise when a truck fell on the railway track between Bhagavathipuram and Aryankavu railway stations in the wee hours of Sunday, after hitting the crash barrier of the ghat road.
Realising the situation, they displayed extraordinary courage, and ran a few metres along the track near Bhagavathipuram railway station to stop an approaching train.
Thankfully, owing to a precautionary measure, the train was moving at 30 kmph on the ghat section and the couple’s brave act led to the crew stopping the train at a safe distance.
