Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has approved an award of 50,000 rupees to railway employee Ashwani Kumar for his alertness and courage in detecting the bomb and saving the lives of hundreds of passengers in Punjab. Mr Kumar is working as keyman of a gang on Pathankot- Amritsar section of Firozpur division of Northern Railway. <br/><br/>On Monday a terrorist attack was made in Gurdaspur district of Punjab in early morning hours. A suspected bomb type object was planted on bridge no 236 on Pathankot-Amritsar Railway Line (near Dinanagar). Keyman Ashwani Kumar while doing patrolling duty detected it and immediately swung into action and ran in the direction from where a train was approaching towards the bridge. Without caring for his personal safety, he managed to stop the train before the bridge. On account of his attentiveness and vigilance, a major mishap was thus averted.