Haryana sports director visits Sakshi house

Chandigarh, Aug 19 (PTI) Director of Sports and YouthAffairs Department, Haryana, Jagdeep Singh Sheoran todayvisited the house of Rio Olympics bronze medalist SakshiMalik, in Rohtak and congratulated her father Sukhbir Malik,mother Sudesh Malik and her coach Mandeep on her achievement. Sakshi Malik has proved that daughters are no way lessthan boys and are quite capable of bringing laurels and makingthe state and the country proud. She has been able to achieve this feat due to thesupport of the family and efforts of her coach, he said. Sheoran said that the state government would honourSakshi Malik with cash award of Rs 2.5 crore and a governmentjob. Besides, her coach Mandeep Singh of the SportsDepartment, who has been coaching her for the last six years,would also be honoured. She would be provided advanced facilities ofinternational standards to enable her to continue to bringglory to the country. In view of the Golden Jubilee year of the state, theHaryana Government would announce many sops for the players. There is a plan to build a multi-purpose globalstandard indoor sports stadium in every district. Each indoor stadium would cost Rs 25 crore. Two such stadiums are being constructed at Panchkulaand Gurugram. In the first phase, these stadiums would beconstructed in 10 districts and would have global standardfacilities, mainly in wrestling, badminton, boxing,basketball, gymnastics and other indoor sports, Sheoranadded. PTI VJ DKSRG