Punjab Government on Monday announced `1 lakh cash prize to the State’s ‘Golden Girl’ Mandeep Kaur Sandhu for winning the coveted title of Junior World Championship of Boxing held at Taipei.
The award would be conferred during a function to be held at Guru Nanak Bhawan ludhiana on May 27, announced the state Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema while extending warm welcome to the junior world champion on her arrival in Chandigarh. She was on her way back to Chakar village in ludhiana district.
Cheema honoured Sandhu at Punjab Civil Secretariat with ‘phulkari’ and ‘shawal’ amidst cheers and clapping of fans, parents, coaches and sports lovers. “This is a rare and splendid achievement of a daughter of the soil of Punjab,” said Cheema while announcing to sanction two wings — under-14 girls and under-17 boys — of Boxing for School of Chakar village and each wing would accommodate 13 boxers.
Meanwhile, Punjab Boxing Association president and Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa announced that the Association would host a massive function to honour the champion so that the budding sports stars could get motivation to achieve new heights in their respective games.