Man voluntarily fighting fires for 40 years gets Padma Shri
Bipin Ganatra, an electrician from Kolkata who has been voluntarily fighting fires for over 40 years, has been conferred with Padma Shri. Ganatra (60) lost his brother in a fire at the age of 12, after which he took up the cause. He is always on a lookout for fire-related incidents and at times reaches the location before fire brigades.