Padma Shri who works for leprosy patients felicitated by KDMC chief

A former Navy personnel, Mane has been working for the rehabilitation of leprosy-affected people across the state for decades

Gajanan Jagannath Mane, who has been honoured with Padma Shri for social work in Maharashtra, was felicitated by the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC)in Thane district on Friday. A former Navy personnel, Mane has been working for the rehabilitation of leprosy-affected people across the state for decades. He is among the 91 Padma Shri awardees this year.

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Mane, who lives in Dombivli, worked hard to set up a colony for those afflicted with leprosy, a bacterial disease that mainly affects the skin, eyes, nose, upper respiratory tract and peripheral nerves, at Hanuman Nagar in Kalyan. He also ensured that  many leprosy-affected people received employment, said officials. Mane was felicitated by Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Commissioner Dr Bhasaheb Dangdi, they said.

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No of Padma Shri awardees this year

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