Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh would felicitate twenty seven players, coaches, outstanding sports personalities for their exceptional contributions made to sports in the Chhattisgarh during ‘Rajya Khel Alankaran Samaroh-2013’.
The program has been scheduled at Balvir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium, here on Tuesday at 11.30 am. BJP MP Ramesh Bais would preside over the award ceremony. The players, who have won medals at national level championships, would also be given cash awards during the ceremony.
According to official information received from the department this year in all 439 players would be bestowed with cash prize of about Rs 56 lakh. The players of Basketball, Badminton, Muay Thai, Wushu, Archery, Boxing, Kayaking-Canoeing, Karate, Softball, Fencing, Soft Tennis, Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Baseball, Netball, Cycle Polo, Tennis, Tennis Ball Cricket, Cork ball, Athletics, Throwball, Para-Olympic Swimming, Para-Olympic Judo and Para-Olympic Archery shall be given prizes.
The players who would be awarded with Shaheed Rajeev Pandey Puraskar 2013 are Radha Yadav (Para-Olympic Swimming), Anil Kumar Kaushik (Handball), T Niranjan Reddy (Softball), Sheela Dewangan, Kumari Renu and Ashita Dohre (Fencing). Similarly players to be conferred with Shaheed Kaushal Yadav Puraskar 2013 include Mamta Pisda (Para-Olympic Swimming), Megha Sahu (Pwerlifting), Sonu Sahu (Kayaking-Canoeing), Ajay Pratap Singh, Anjana Daisy Ekka, Sangeeta Kaur, Sharanjeet Kaur and Renuka Rajput (Basketball).
likewise players selected for Vir Hanuman Singh Puraskar 2013 are Buddhram Sarang. Shaheed Pankaj Vikram Samman 2013: Sheela Nikunj (Volleyball), Vinay Baiswade (Table Tennis), KJ Pal (Carom), Manoj Thakur (Wushu), Syed Manjur Ali Rizvi (Baseball), Kritika Chincholkar (Swimming) and Vijay Kumar Nag (Judo).
In the same way Shaheed Vinod Choubey Samman 2013 shall be given away to Gurudayal Kaushal (Volleyball), Satrughna Prasad Yadav (Kabaddi), Dr Gulam Mustafa Hasan (Hockey), K P S Chouhan (Basketball) and Satish Chandra Tripathi (Basketball). State School Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Punnulal Mohle, Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Hemchand Yadav, Urban Administration and Development Minister Rajesh Munat, Sports Minister lata Usendi, Chhattisgarh Beverages along with others would grace the occasion.