Asian Games medallists Poovamma and Sneha Shanuvalli being honoured in Koppa on Saturday
Small countries like Jamaica and Kenya invest in a child when she is 10. We garland her when she is 25 after a medal. He said each gram panchayat would receive Rs 10 lakh for sports under the govt’s programme.
Because of it, “Our athletes achieve despite the system, not. PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi launched Esha-Sneha Kreeda Nidhi, which will support budding sportspersons from govt schools.
We need hostels, equipment, and scientific support before the medal, not after,” Jarkiholi said. “We don’t want our champions to run for land records after running for the nation,” he said. Prof DS Udaya Kumar, Samiti president, said: “When a child in Balehonnur or Sringeri sees Sneha being honoured, she thinks – I too can.”
The fund is named after Sneha and SD Eshan, the taluk’s first Asian Games achiever two decades ago. He appreciated Koppa for becoming a model. Programme coordinator Sudhir Kumar Murolli appealed for a site for Sneha in Koppa to build a house and academy, and another for Poovamma in Mangaluru, where she trains.