Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia will confer Bhim Award to 17 outstanding sportspersons of the State on January.
Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs Department Amit Jha said that besides these 17 players who would be honoured with Bhim Award, the sportspersons who have been conferred with Arjuna and Dhyan Chand Award by Government of India in the year 2013 would also be honoured on this occasion.Those who would be conferred with Bhim Awards included Kavita Chahal of Bhiwani for her outstanding performance in boxing, Rajender of Kurukshetra in wrestling, Seema Antil of Sonipat in Athletics, Sube Singh of Panchkula in volleyball, Harpreet Singh of Karnal in shooting, Prashant Karmakar of Bhiwani in swimming and Geeta of Bhiwani in wrestling.
The other names in the list of Bhim Award included Dilbagh Singh of Bhiwani in boxing, Anisha Sayyad of Faridabad in shooting, Manjeet Nandal of Rohtak in judo, Bhartender Singh of Kurukshetra in athletics, Sandeep Singh of Kurukshetra in hockey, Milanpreet of Sirsa in roller skating, Ritu Rani of Kurukshetra in hockey, Amit Saroha of Sonipat and lakshmi of Faridabad in paralympics and Keshav Malik, a physically challenged player of Rohtak for his outstanding performance in badminton. Jha said that those Arjuna award winners who would also be honoured on the occasion included Kavita Chahal of Bhiwani for her outstanding performance in boxing, who would also be the recipient of Bhim Award, Neha Rathi for her outstanding performance in wrestling, Amit Saroha in paralympics, who would also be the recipient of Bhim Award and Dharmender Dalal in wrestling. He said cash award of Rs 5 lakh each, a shield and a citation would be given to recipient of Bhim Award. Similarly, Arjuna awardee and Dhyan Chand awardee would also be given cash award of Rs 5 lakh each.