CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has pledged to initiate and oversee the development of the villages of all those athletes from the state that have won medals for India at the Olympics 2016 and Asian Games 2018, IANS reports.
Haryana Development and Panchayats minister OP Dhankar said that the villages would be linked with the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Gram Uday Yojana under which the development of each village would be carried out by the government at a subsidy of Rs 50 million.
Keeping Haryana’s flag flying high in the medals tally for the country in the recently concluded Asian Games, sportspersons from the state have bagged nearly 25 per cent of the total medals. They won 17 medals (5 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze) in these games out of the total 69 medals won by India.
The state’s players have excelled in wrestling, boxing, athletics, shooting and other sporting disciplines at the international level.
