Haryana CM announces Rs 4 crore for Ravi Dahiya, Rs 2.5 crore each for Surender Kumar and Sumit Walmiki

Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday announced to give reward of Rs 4 crore to Silver medalist Ravi Dahiya and Rs 2.5 crore each to Surender Kumar and Sumit Walmiki who were a part of the Indian hockey team in Tokyo Olympics-2020 and won a bronze medal. All three players will also be awarded lands at concessional rates.

The government has also announced a Class-I government job to Dahiya and Class-II government to the two hockey players.

These announcements were made by CM after the cabinet meeting chaired by him was concluded. Besides the awards, Khattar also announced that a world-class indoor wrestling stadium shall be constructed at Ravi Dahiya’s native village Nahari in the Sonipat district of Haryana.