Padma Shri awardee Shanti Devi passes away, PM Modi expresses grief

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to

Padma Shri awardee Shanti Devi

and said that she will be remembered as a voice of the poor and underprivileged.

Social worker and Padma Shri awardee

Shanti Devi

passed away last night at her residence in

Gunupur

, Rayagada district of Odisha. She passed away at the age of 87.




The Prime Minister said that she worked selflessly to remove suffering and create a healthier as well as just society.

"

Shanti Devi Ji

will be remembered as a voice of the poor and underprivileged. She worked selflessly to remove suffering and create a healthier as well as just society. Pained by her demise. My thoughts are with her family and countless admirers. Om Shanti," the Prime Minister tweeted today.