Punjab players will be given 2.5 crores in Olympic winning hockey team: Pargat Singh

The Punjab government has announced a grant of Rs 2.51 crore to each player belonging to Punjab in the Indian hockey team that won the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Apart from this, Gurjit Kaur and Reena Khokhar, two Punjabi players of the Indian team, who came fourth in women’s hockey events of Olympic Games, and Kamalpreet Kaur, who finished sixth in the discus finals of Athletics, were honored with Rs 50 lakh each. Will be done.

The hockey team was received by MLA and General Secretary Hockey Punjab Pargat Singh, MLA Sunil Dutti, Mayor Municipal Corporation Karamjit Singh Rintu and Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khehra on arrival at Amritsar’s Sri Guru Ramdas International Airport.

Interacting with the journalists, Pargat Singh said that after 41 years, the players have brought laurels to our country by winning medals in hockey and the country’s name has risen all over the world. He said that Punjab government has announced Rs 2.51 crore to each hockey player and two Punjabi players Gurjit Kaur and Reena Khokhar of the Indian team, which created history by coming fourth in women’s hockey events of Olympic Games and discus of athletics. Kamalpreet Kaur, who secured the sixth position in the finals, will be honored with Rs 50 lakh each. He told that the other players of Punjab representing India in Olympic Games are boxer Simranjit Kaur, shooters Anjum Moudgil and Angadveer Singh and athletes Tejinder Pal Singh Toor and Gurpreet Singh and badminton player Palak Kohli who is going to participate in Paralympics. Will be awarded with Rs.