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Ravi Dahiya
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Manohar Lal Khattar announces Rs 4 crore for wrestler Ravi Dahiya after his Olympics silver win

| @indiablooms | Aug 06, 2021, at 01:06 am

Chandigarh/UNI: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday announced a cash award of Rs 4 crore for wrestler Ravi Dahiya who won silver medal at Tokyo Olympics.

Congratulating the wrestler, Khattar said, ''Dahiya has made the country and the state proud at the international level by winning a silver medal in wrestling in the Olympics.''

Dahiya, a resident of Sonipat district, will also be appointed as Class-I officer and provided a plot of HSVP at concessional rates, the Chief Minister added.

Besides this, the Chief Minister also announced the construction of a Wrestling Indoor Stadium with modern world class facilities at Dahiya's village Nahari.

Haryana is proud of the good performance of the state's players in the Olympics, Khattar said.

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