The Telangana government on Saturday announced Rs 5 crore, a house site of 1,000 sq yds and a suitable job, if she was willing to accept, for silver medallist in women’s badminton at Rio Olympics P.V. Sindhu.
A grand welcome would also be organised on her arrival in the city on August 22. This was decided at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. “She’s the daughter of Hyderabad and Telangana State and it has been the government policy to encourage sportspersons with international calibre”, Mr. Rao said. He noted that the government had in the past given as assistance of Rs.40 lakh to Sindhu for her training.
He also announced Rs.1 crore reward to coach P. Gopichand and another Rs.1 crore to Haryana wrestler Sakshi Malik who won a bronze medal.
