Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia presented a cheque of Rs5 lakh to Sita Sahu, the winner of two medals at Special Olympics World Summer Games at Athens, Greece held in 2011.
He presented the amount on behalf of NTPC ltd. She won Bronze Medals in 200 M and 1600 M relay race and secured fourth place in 100 M (female) race.
Sita Sahu is 15-year-old young Olympian and comes from an extremely poor family of the Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh approached Jyotiraditya Scindia for help. She was promised by the MP government an award of Rs 1 lakh, but due to some reasons, she has yet not got the money from the state government.
In the meanwhile, the news came that Sita is selling golgappe along with her parents to support herself and her family. This news was not only shocking to the people of Madhya Pradesh, but to the people of the whole nation. Minister of Power Jyotiraditya Scindia has declared a reward of Rs5 lakh to Sita Sahu for her grand achievement in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games.