CM awards cash prizes to SportsPersons

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M. Niranjan (a paralympic swimmer, who got the highest cash prize of Rs. 25 lakh) and other sports-persons are seen with Youth and Sports Affairs Department Secretary Nagambika Devi, Sports Authority of Karnataka Vice-President P.M. Somashekar, MLAs Vasu and M.K. Somaskehar, Youth Affairs Minister Abhayachandra Jain, CM Siddharamaiah, Cooperation Minister Mahadevprasad, Mayor R. Lingappa, ZP President Dr. Pushpa Amarnath and others during the prize distribution ceremony held at Platinum Jubilee Hall in city yesterday.
M. Niranjan (a paralympic swimmer, who got the highest cash prize of Rs. 25 lakh) and other sports-persons are seen with Youth and Sports Affairs Department Secretary Nagambika Devi, Sports Authority of Karnataka Vice-President P.M. Somashekar, MLAs Vasu and M.K. Somaskehar, Youth Affairs Minister Abhayachandra Jain, CM Siddharamaiah, Cooperation Minister Mahadevprasad, Mayor R. Lingappa, ZP President Dr. Pushpa Amarnath and others during the prize distribution ceremony held at Platinum Jubilee Hall in city yesterday.

Mysuru :

CM Siddharamaiah yesterday gave away cash prizes worth Rs. 4.40 crore to 557 sports-persons who have excelled in International and National events during 2012 and 2013 at MMC Platinum Jubilee Hall in city. This was first such ceremony after the Siddharamaiah government took over and it hiked the cash prize amount.

M. Niranjan, a paralympic swimmer, got the highest cash prize of Rs. 25 lakh followed by chess player Girish Koushik (Rs. 15 lakh), P.N Prash-rifle shooting (Rs. 10 lakh), Vidya Pillai-billiards and snooker (Rs. 9.75 lakh), Chitra Magimairaj-billards (Rs.9.5 lakh), Varsha Puranik-roller skating (Rs.8 lakh), Damini K. Gowda-swimming (Rs. 7.75 lakh), Pooja R. Alva-swimming (Rs. 6 lakh) and M. Aravind-Swimming (Rs. 5.5 lakh). In all, 117 International level players and 444 National players got the prizes.

Speaking on the occasion, the CM said his government is giving more importance to tap the potential of youth in sports and other fields as it is required for the development of society.

He said his government hiked the prize amount of National and International medal winners by several folds.

He said a lot of emphasis is being given to improve sports infrastructure like synthetic tracks, grounds and sports hostels to help sports-persons face the tough competitions and increase the participation in higher level events like Olympics, CWG and Asian Games.

Stating that the government is providing 100 engineering seats for sports-person and is also reimbursing their fee amount, he said the government is ready to give more facilities to them if the Department submits proposals.

Stating that he too used to play Kabbadi and other games during his schooling but could not continue in the college due to financial constraints, he said: ‘But times have changed now and there are more facilities for sports-persons.’

Youths and Sports Affairs Department Secretary Nagambika Devi said the State has the highest number of synthetic tracks in the country.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Sunday – June 28th, 2015

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