Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- A former IPS officer who spends his mornings cleaning his neighbourhood and numerous others who uphold the true meaning of service to the nation with small but impactful acts will be feted during the Independence Day celebrations in the city on Friday. The UT administration decided to honour former IPS officer Inderjeet Singh Sidhu, 87, after several social organisations and citizens groups urged them to include him in the list of awardees following a video, showing him sweeping the streets went viral on social media recently. Eighteen police personnel will be honoured with the administrator's police medal for distinguished/meritorious services. Those to be awarded for distinguished service include assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Kawaljeet Singh, ASI Malvinder Singh, ASI Munish Kumar and head constable (HC) Sunil Mehta. The meritorious service medals will be conferred to inspector Mini, sub-inspector (SI) Dinesh Kumar, SI Rakesh Kumar, ASI Naresh Kumar, ASI Gautam Singh, HC Manju, HC Meenu, HC Vishal Bamel, HC Amit, senior constable Rakesh Kumar, senior constable Vipin Sharma, senior lady constable Bharti Rawat, senior constable Sandeep Kumar and senior constable Bhudev. Those being recognised for their contribution to social service include Chandigarh Residents' Association Welfare Federation (CRAWFED) chairperson Hitesh Puri, Carmel Convent School student Shaunya Sood, Chandigarh traders association president Kamaljit Singh Panchi, and former IPS Inderjeet Singh Sidhu among others. For their contribution to art and culture, the awardees are Simrat Sharma, a resident of Sector 20-A, and Punjab state information commissioner Harpreet Sandhu. Those being recognised for their sports achievements are Aditi Sheoran, a resident of Sector 23-C; Janhvi of Sector 22-C, Aditya Rampal of Sector 33-C; and Gurseerat Kaur of Sector 45-C. Awardees in this category include Prof Varsha Gupta, professor & head, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Harish Chander of the urban planning department, sub-divisional engineer Maninder Singh, UT secretariat senior assistant Deepak Kumar, Sanskrit TGT Piyush Aggarwal, PGT dance Amrita Bhullar, deputy district attorney, law & prosecution department Ritu Jain among others. The municipal corporation will also give commendation certificates to 101 persons, including MC officers/staff, social workers, NGOs, for their exemplary work....