Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that the state is setting an example with its sports model in the entire country.
“Seeing the number of medals being won by sportspersons from Haryana at the international level, other states are also emulating the model being implemented by Haryana. To understand this model, a team from Gujarat is coming to Haryana on a 15-day tour,” the Chief Minister said while speaking as the chief guest at the felicitation ceremony of Olympic bronze medallist, Bajrang Punia at village Khudan in Jhajjar district.
During the felicitation ceremony, the Chief Minister announced to fulfil all the demands made by Khudan village. He said that wrestler Bajrang Punia has brought laurels to India and Haryana.
The present government is making continuous efforts to promote sports and sportspersons. In the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the winning players of Haryana are being given full respect by the Government. For the Olympics, the gold medallist is being awarded Rs 6 crore, silver medallist Rs 4 crore and bronze medallist Rs 2.5 crore, he said.
Khattar said that due to the new sports policy of Haryana, the sports model is now being presented as an example in the whole country.
The Chief Minister further said that there is a plan to expand the target of 500 sports nurseries to 1000 in the State, under which budding sportspersons will be trained at the school level itself.
The State is also organizing Khelo India, in which more than 15,000 players will participate, he said.
Along with sports, the government is emphasizing on education and employment, so skill development has been given priority in the curriculum, he added.
During the ceremony, Bajrang Punia’s coaches, Satpal Pehelwan, Ramphal Mann and Virendra Arya, were honoured as gurus, and an amount of Rs 4 lakh each was announced for them by the Haryana Government. Along with this, instructions were given to the Sports Director to provide one coach, gardener or watchman and grass cutting machine in all the sports stadiums located in Jhajjar district.
Punia expressed his gratitude for the honour being given by the Haryana Government. He said that he has already started practicing for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024, with the goal of winning a gold medal.
Jhajjar gets bonanza of development projects worth crores
The Chief Minister on Sunday dedicated projects worth about Rs 21.5 crore to the residents of Jhajjar district. He inaugurated the state's largest Oxyvan being developed on an area of 18.5 acre at village Samaspur Majra in Jhajjar district.
Apart from this, he inaugurated Oxyvan developed on 5 acres in village Shahpur Malik, 4.5 acre in Rewari Kheda and 2.5 acre in village Talav. These Oxyvans will prove to be an important step towards environmental protection in Jhajjar.
The Chief Minister also planted saplings at Oxyvan located in Samaspur Majra village. In order to effectively ensure the supply of oxygen in a disaster like COVID-19 pandemic, the Chief Minister dedicated the oxygen plant set up in the Civil Hospital located at Jhajjar district headquarters from the PM Care Fund to the residents of the district.
He also inaugurated newly constructed Boys Hostel at Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Government Engineering College located in village Silani Kesho at a cost of Rs 9.17 crore, newly constructed 33 KV sub station at Beri at the cost of Rs 4.19 crore, 33 KV sub station in Ladrawan at the cost of Rs 4.19 crore and 33 KV sub-station constructed at the cost of Rs. 3.89 crore in Soldha village.