Mamta Rawat – Saved thousands of lives in the Uttarakhand flood of 2013
Mamta, a school dropout, is the sole breadwinner of her six-member family. A part-time trainer for the NIM, she supplements her income by working as a mountain guide for trekking groups. Mamta Rawat saw her house getting washed away in the flash floods of 2013 in Uttarakhand. But this did not stop her from climbing extremely dangerous terrains to save thousands of stranded pilgrims and locals. Having been trained in mountaineering, Mamta led 30 school students to safety while also carrying the elderly on her back. All of 24 at the time, she had no official badge or government support for this rescue operation.
Source: https://www.scoopwhoop.com/15-Unsung-Indian-Heroes-Who-Deserve-A-Movie/#.6m3av762c
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