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CM KCR announces Rs 2 crore cash reward for Nikhat Zareen & Esha Singh
File Photo: Nikhat Zareen and Esha Singh
Honouring the champs Nikhat Zareen and Esha Singh, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday announced Rs 2 crore cash reward to recently-crowned world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen and shooter Esha Singh for their exploits on the international arena.
Hyderabad: Honouring the champs Nikhat Zareen and Esha Singh, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday announced Rs 2 crore cash reward to recently-crowned world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen and shooter Esha Singh for their exploits on the international arena.
CM KCR also announced that both the athletes will get land for their houses in Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills. It is to mention here that Nikhat Zareen scripted history by becoming first from the State and also from South India to become world champion in the 52 kg category recently in Istanbul. Meanwhile, Esha Singh won three gold medals in team events in the recently-concluded ISSF Junior World Cup in Germany.
Both athletes, along with football Guguloth Soumya from Nizamabad, were accorded a rousing reception from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad and later were felicitated.
Earlier, the State government rewarded Nikhat Zareen with Rs 50 lakh in 2014 for her training purpose.
