Giving a wedding gift to noted wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday announced to give Rs 10 crore for various development projects in Dutt’s village Bhainswal Kalan in district Sonepat.
These included arrangement of canal-based drinking water supply, canal water for irrigation of fields and making roads pucca, said the Chief Minister who was in the village to attend the wedding of Dutt.
Extending heartfelt wishes and blessings to the newlyweds, the Chief Minister said that Yogeshwar Dutt had brought laurels to the village on the global stage through his hard work.
Accepting the demands raised by the people of the village, Manohar lal also directed the concerned officers to implement canal-based drinking water supply and also canal water for irrigation in the village fields.
On the demand for opening a Government college in the village, he said that the State Government had framed a policy for opening government college at every 20 kms, and a college would be established in village Bhainswal Kalan after examination of the demand.
Yogeshwar Dutt is a prominent Indian wrestler who had won the bronze medal at the 2012 summer Olympics in the 60 kg category and gold medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Dutt, who is also a two-time Asian Games medallist, chose to take only a token Re 1 from his bride’s family ahead of his marriage on Monday. He is getting married to Sheetal Sharma, daughter of Haryana Congress leader Jaibhagwan Sharma.