Rajasthan announces cash rewards to medal winners from state

The Rajasthan government has announced cash awards to Tokyo Paralympics winners. Three  athletes have won laurels and prompted the Rajasthan government to announce cash rewards for them. Shooter Avani Lekhara, who won gold, will get Rs3 crore, javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia will get Rs 2 crore while his teammate Sundar Singh Gurjar will get Rs1 crore for winning silver and bronze medals respectively.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot in his tweet on Monday also announced that  all the three players have already been appointed to the post of ACF in the Forest Department of the state government. The players of the state have brought laurels to the country and the state by winning medals, we are very proud of them. He also congratulated para-athlete Yogesh Kathuniya for winning a silver medal in Men’s Discus Throw at the Tokyo Paralympics. 

A statement released by the CM’s office said that the government has sanctioned Rs 5lakh each for the training of these three players. “Free training and other facilities are being provided by the Rajasthan State Sports Council to Avani Lekhara and Sundar Singh Gurjar. Avani gets training in the shooting range- Jagatpura, which has state-of-the-art facilities while Sundar gets training at the Athletics Sports Academy in the SMS stadium,” the release said.