Pistol shooter Heena Sidhu, who recently won gold in the ISSF World Cup finals in Munich, Germany was felicitated by Punjab Government on Sunday.
Felicitating Heena, Punjab Cabinet Minister and State Rifle Association president Bikram Singh Majithia said his Government would extend all possible support to her.
He said Punjab Government would frame a special policy to train elite athletes so that they can win medals in international events, including the Olympic Games.
Besides jobs and promotions for the sports personnel on the pattern of Maharashtra and Haryana, special training would be imparted to budding players to equip them for international competitions like the Olympics, he said.
Majithia said the sports policy prepared after thoughtful considerations by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal had starting bearing fruits.
Adding that 80 per cent of the shooters winning laurels for the country in the international competitions belonged to Punjab, he said that Heena’s achievement would inspire youngsters.
Majithia said besides Heena, Abhinav Bindra, Ronjan Sodhi, Manavjit Sandhu, Zorawer Sandhu and Avneet had also made the State proud by their respective victories. International level shooting ranges would be set up in Punjab and all possible support would be extended to budding players of this relatively expensive game, he added.