27 Haryana sportspersons awarded

Chandigarh: Haryana Government today honoured 27 sportspersons of the state with various award, including Bhim award to six, with cash prize of Rs 31.42 lakh for their outstanding performances during various national and international events. The Bhim Awards were given to Vivek Singh of Gurgaon for Shooting, Saroj Sihag of Hissar for Athletics, Amit Kumar of Rohtak district for Wrestling, Sunil Kumar of Bhiwani for Boxing, Virender Singh of Rohtak for Judo and Sukhbir Singh of Bhiwani for Paralympics National Swimming by Governor Jagan Nath Pahadia here today. The Bhim Award consists of a Cash Award of Rs. 1 lakh, Bhim Pratima, A Scroll, Blazer and Tie/ Scarf. Other 21 sportspersons, including three women, who were honoured with cash awards included Sukhbir Singh and Vikas Kumar (Bhiwani), Suresh Kumar (Hissar), Naveen Kumar (Rohtak) for Kabbadi, Kumari Babita and Sunil (Bhiwani) for Wrestling and Boxing respectively, Sunita and Parmila (Rohtak) for Kabbadi, Suresh Kumar (Panipat) and Sudesh Kumari (Jind) for Wrestling. The others honoured were Vijender Singh (Bhiwani) for Boxing, Sandeep (Sonipat) and Paramjeet (Bhiwani) for Wrestling, Manjeet Singh (Bhiwani) for Boxing, Hardeep Singh and Krishna Punia (Hissar) for Judo and athletics respectively, Neha Rathi (Faridabad) for Wrestling, Jitender Kumar (Bhiwani) for Boxing, Pooja Dhanda (Hissar) for Judo, Dilbagh Singh (Bhiwani) and Manoj Kumar (Kaithal) for Boxing. Bureau Report