Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal handed over the awards and letters of appreciation to the 97 athletes amidst a special function organized at the Army Officers Club. [break]
NSC handed over a special letter of appreciation to four consecutive gold winner taekwondo ace Deepak Bista.
Prime Minister Nepal handed over two different checks worth one million rupees each to Bista on behalf of his office and the Health Ministry for the latter´s medical treatment. The Council of Ministers had declared the cash reward and medical assistance to Bista a month earlier. Bista had picked injury in his leg during the SAG.
Bista and seven other gold medalists of the Dhaka SAG bagged Rs 300,000 each. NSC had declared Rs 300,000, Rs 200,000 and Rs 100,000 each respectively to the gold, silver and bronze medalists of the individual events.
Likewise, NSC had declared Rs 150,000, Rs 100,000 and Rs 50,000 each to the members of the gold, silver and bronze medalist teams respectively. Nepali women´s football team that won silver, was the team to win the highest medal in the SAG in team events.
Likewise, NSC awarded the associations, coaches and assistant coaches of the medal winning sports with cash prizes. NSC awarded around Rs 14.5 million to the players, coaches and associations.
Recently, the government had sanctioned the budget proposal of NSC to felicitate and award players.
"This award by the government and NSC is very nominal in comparison to your contribution to the country," said PM Nepal during his speech. "If our country was more prosperous, we would have taken better decisions for you," he added. The prime minister also urged the players to accept the awards as the national felicitation and award from the people.
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