CM awards 12 Nat’l Games winners

Ludhiana: In a matter of pride for Ludhiana, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann recently felicitated 12 National Games medallists belonging to Ludhiana with cash awards of Rs 54 lakh, recognizing their exemplary performance. The gold medallists have been felicitated with Rs five lakh each while silver medallists and bronze medallists have been given Rs 3 lakh and Rs 2 lakh, respectively.
Shooter Amrinder Singh Cheema was awarded Rs 10 lakh cash for winning two gold medals, Rs 5 lakh cash award each was given to boxer Simranjit Kaur, cyclist Harshveer Sekhon (road event 119-km mass start), softball players Mamta Minhas and Manisha Kumari and weightlifter Vipan Kumar.
Boxer Mandeep Kaur, basketball player Navkarman Singh, Harshveer Sekhon (4-km team pursuit), cyclist Rajbeer Singh and rower Jaspreet Singh received Rs three lakh each for winning silver medals in the National Games. Bronze medallists, including basketball player Karandeep Singh and weightlifter Davinder Kaur, were given a cash award of Rs 2 lakh from the CM.
Congratulating the players, Ludhiana DC Surabhi Malik said these players had made the state and Ludhiana proud with their performances in the National Games. tnn