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Rs 21.79 cr for development of villages of Haryana medalists

The Haryana Government has released Rs 21.79 crore for development of 92 villages of the medal winners and the participants in the recent Commonwealth and Asian Games.

Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has released Rs 21.79 crore for development of 92 villages of the
medal winners and the participants in the recent Commonwealth and Asian Games. The villages of gold medal winners were being given Rs 51 lakh each, those of silver medal winners would get Rs 31 lakh each and the villages of bronze medal winners would be given Rs 21 lakh each to carry out developmental works, an official spokesman said here today. He said Rs 11 lakh each would be given to the villages of participants of these international events. Out of these 92 villages, 47 villages were of participants in these Games. PTI