Haryana, Punjab announce cash awards for Tokyo Olympic medal winners. Details here
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that an indoor wrestling stadium equipped with modern facilities will be built in Ravi Dahiya's village, Nahari
Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya will get ₹4 crore, a government job and a plot at a concessional rate, the Haryana government on Thursday announced.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that an indoor wrestling stadium equipped with modern facilities will be built in Ravi Dahiya's village, Nahari.
Taking to Twitter, Khattar said, "Our son Ravi Dahiya has won the heart of not only Haryana but the whole of India... Many congratulations and best wishes to him on winning the silver medal. I wish you achieve new heights of success."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed wrestler Ravi Dahiya for winning a silver medal at the Olympic Games and said his fighting spirit and tenacity are outstanding.
Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games after he lost the men's freestyle 57kg title clash 4-7 to reigning world champion Zavur Uguev in Tokyo.
"Ravi Kumar Dahiya is a remarkable wrestler! His fighting spirit and tenacity are outstanding. Congratulations to him for winning the Silver Medal at #Tokyo2020," PM Modi wrote on Twitter.
India takes great pride in his accomplishments, the prime minister said.
According to reports, PM Modi also spoke with Dahiya and his coach Anil Maan. While congratulating Dahiya, Modi said India is proud of him and that his success inspires the entire nation.
PM Modi complimented the wrestler for his hard work and also said that he looks forward to personally congratulating him on 15 August.
The prime minister will invite India's Olympic contingent to the Red Fort as special guests on 15 August when he will deliver his eighth straight Independence Day speech.
The neighbouring Punjab government has also announced that it will give a cash award of ₹one crore to each of the hockey players from the state.
Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi made the announcement after India beat Germany 5-4 in the bronze play-off.
"On this historic day for #IndianHockey I am delighted to announce a cash award of ₹1crore each to players 4m#Punjab We await ur return to celebrate the much deserving medal in #Olympics," Sodhi tweeted.
The state had eight players, including skipper Manpreet Singh, in the Indian men's hockey team. The others are Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Hardik Singh, Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Mandeep Singh.
On Friday, Sodhi had announced that the hockey players from the state participating in the Tokyo Olympics would get ₹2.25 crore each if the team wins gold. Before this bronze, India had won an Olympic medal in hockey way back in the 1980 Games in Moscow.
Congratulating the men’s hockey team for winning a bronze medal, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur announced to give ₹1 crore from the SGPC to the hockey team.
She also announced ₹5 lakh each to the Punjab players who participated in the individual games in the Olympics.
Kaur hoped that the Indian hockey women’s team would also perform remarkably and win over Great Britain in their bronze medal match on Friday.
Chief Minister of PunjabAmarinder Singh also congratulated the team for its achievement.
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