KCR announces Gifts to Sportspersons

Update: 2014-08-06 15:51 GMT
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced prize money to sportsperson who have won medals at Commonwealth Games. The winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will get 5o lakhs, 25 lakhs and 15 lakhs respectively. Rest of the participants will be receiving Rs 3 lakh each as financial assistance from the T-Government.

On Wednesday, Sportspersons Pullela Gopichand, Kashyap, Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta. PV Sindhu and Garun Narang had met chief minister KCR.

A grand felicitation programme for the athletes will be held at Golconda Fort on the occasion of Independence Day (August 15th). The reward amount would be handed over to the winners on the same day.

Hyderabadi star Jwala Gutta thanked KTR and TRS Government for having a positive approach towards sports. We have to wait and see how KCR would use the services of these athletes to improve the brand image of Telangana.
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