PANJIM: Usman Shaikh, Platoon Commander of Home Guards, Mapusa Division and employees of Goa University, Bambolim, has been approved for President’s Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for meritorious services on the eve of 67th Independence Day.
Usman Shaikh received the Chief Minister’s Gold Medal for meritorious services on December 19, 2007. Shaikh attended 12th All India Home Guards and Civil Defence professional and Sports meet at Gurgaon in 1993; 17th All India Home Guards and Civil Defence Professional and Sports meet at Pune in 1996. He has also done traffic duty, election duty, VVIP bandobast duty in the course of his tenure in the Home Guards.
