Chandigarh, August 6:Punjab School education and PWD Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Friday,said that the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh led state government hasdecided to name the roads and schools of the respective areas after Olympicmedal winner players.
While Congratulatingthe Indian team for clinching medal after 41 years, the cabinet minister saidthat these players have made India proud once again and naming the roads andschools would be a small token of gratitude to honor their great achievement.
Mr. Vijay InderSingla said that Chief Minister has given approval to rename the roads andschools and the respective department officials have been directed to initiatethe process in this regard at the earliest. He said that the road connecting tothe residence and school of the area of the respective medal winner player willbe named after him. He added that it would inspire the youngsters to achievetheir desired goals in their life.
Mr. Singla said thatthere was a golden contribution of Punjab in the field of Indian sports and ithas sent the second largest contingent in Olympics in the country as 20sportspersons were from Punjab out of total 124.
In the hockey squad,11 players were also from Punjab which included Captain Manpreet Singh, ViceCaptain Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinderpal Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Dilpreet Singh,Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Hardik Singh, Samsher Singh, Varun Kumar andKrishan Pathak. On the other side, the women hockey team have also performedwell in the Tokyo Olympics but lost to Britain in the match for Bronze medal.Mr. Singla said that Gurjit Kaur and Reena Khokhar were also the players fromPunjab in the women hockey team.