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Mayawati honours CWG, Asian Games medallists
2011-01-28 21:40:00
Lucknow, Jan 28 (IANS) Sportspersons from Uttar Pradesh who earned
honours at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games were Friday
given cash prizes by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
The cash prizes are part of the Kanshi Ram International Sports Award
instituted by the Mayawati government.
Apart from giving away prizes worth Rs.1.97 crore to the 16 medallists
from UP, Mayawati also hosted a lunch for them at her official
residence here.
While praising the winners, she said: 'The fact that most of the
medallists hailed from small towns and villages shows how much of
talent we have at the grassroots level, which is where is need to
encourage them.'
'My government will do everything to tap such talent and give the
desired assistance to see that they bloom and shine,' she added.
While each of the gold winners in individual events received cheques
for Rs.15 lakh, those who were part of a team were given Rs.10 lakh
each.
Likewise, those who won silver medal in individual events were given
Rs.10 lakh and those who were part of the team received Rs.8 lakh.
Bronze medalists received Rs.8 lakh and team participants Rs.6 lakh each.
Those who were felicitated were: Alka Tomar (wrestling), Anuraj Singh
(shooting), N.G. Sonashanu (weight-lifting), Imran Hasan Khan
(shooting), Narsingh Yadav (wrestling), Ritul chatterjee (archery),
Ashish Kumar (gymnastics), Anuj Kumar Chaudhary (wrestling), Tushar
Khakhar (hockey), Sunil Kumar (wrestling), Sudha Singh (atheletics),
Danish Mujtaba (hockey), Lokesh Kumar (rowing), Rahul Bajaj (golf),
Jasmer Singh (kabbadi) and Rajesh Kumar (rowing).
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