Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announces setting up of 2 shooting ranges, 2 archery training centres
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced that two shooting ranges will be established in Jhajjar and Panchkula while two archery training centres will be set up in Yamunanagar and Faridabad. Khattar felicitated the players from Haryana who won medals at the recently held Asian Games in China.
At a grand felicitation ceremony organised at Karnal, players, both medal-winners and others who participated at the event, received cash prizes from the chief minister.
Khattar honoured the gold medal-winning athletes with a cash reward of Rs. 3 crore, the silver medalists with Rs 1.5 crore, and bronze medalists with Rs. 75 lakh, along with commendation letters and job offer letters, to recognise their accomplishments.
Addressing the gathering, the chief minister said that be it the Olympics, Paralympics or Khelo India, sportspersons from the state have always made the country, and state proud with their performances.
Khattar announced the establishment of shooting ranges in Nimana village in Jhajjar district and Sector 32 in Panchkula to promote shooting sports in the state.
Two archery centres will be established in Tejli Stadium in Yamunanagar district and District Sports Complex in Faridabad, he said.
Khattar also announced that the government would formulate a policy to provide various sports equipment for local sports events organised in villages and towns so that athletes can have access to necessary equipment.
He also said that winners of smaller and local sports events, which are not included in the list of National Games, would receive cash awards, similar to those in mainstream sports, to encourage and promote such local sports.
According to an official statement, before the felicitation
