Neeraj, Olympians from Punjab to be honoured at felicitation function

Sodhi
said
Chief
Minister
Amarinder
Singh
will
honour
the
Olympians
while
Punjab
Governor
V
P
Singh
Badnore
would
be
the
special
guest
on
the
occasion.
He
said
as
per
the
special
announcement
of
the
chief
minister,
Chopra,
who
has
deep
roots
in
Punjab,
would
be
honoured
with
a
cash
reward
of
Rs
2.51
crore.

Earlier,
the
Punjab
government
had
announced
Rs
2
crore
cash
reward
for
Chopra.
Sodhi
said
that
the
cash
reward
for
11
players
from
the
state,
who
were
part
of
the
Indian
hockey
team
which
won
a
medal
(bronze)
after
41
years,
has
also
been
increased
from
earlier
announcement
of
Rs
1
crore
to
Rs
2.51
crore
each.

The
Indian
hockey
team
is
led
by
Manpreet
Singh.
Vice-captain
Harmanpreet
Singh,
Rupinder
Pal
Singh,
Simranjit
Singh,
Mandeep
Singh,
Gurjant
Singh,
Shamsher
Singh,
Varun
Kumar,
Dilpreet
Singh,
Hardik
Singh
and
Krishan
Pathak
were
also
from
Punjab,
Sodhi
said,
as
per
an
official
statement.

He
said
the
members
of
the
Indian
women’s
hockey
team,
which
finished
fourth,
from
the
state
—
Reena
Khokhar
and
Gurjit
Kaur
—
and
discus
thrower
Kamalpreet
Kaur,
who
took
sixth
position,
will
be
given
Rs
50
lakh
each.

Boxer
Simranjit
Kaur,
shooters
Anjum
Moudgill
and
Angadveer
Singh,
athletes
Tejinder
Pal
Singh
Toor
and
Gurpreet
Singh
and
paralympic
badminton
player
Palak
Kohli
will
also
be
given
Rs
21
lakh
each,
he
said.

Sodhi
said
that
the
chief
minister
has
increased
the
cash
award
amount
for
the
Olympic
medalists
with
a
view
to
further
promote
sports
in
the
state.