ndian blind swimmer begs in Germany; Abhinav Bindra tweets to Modi, Vijay Goel
July 12, 2017
Kanchanmala Pande, who is blind and competes in the S11 category, clinched silver despite having to beg and borrow money to sustain herself in Germany.
New Delhi: India’s apathy towards the fringe sports is nothing new. In yet another case of utter negligence, para-swimmer Kanchanmala Pande was left to her own devices after she headed to Germany to participate in the Para Swimming Championship. Completely shunned by the federation that sent her there, Pande was forced to take to the streets to beg and borrow money, according to Daily Mail. Pande, who is blind and competes in the S11 category, clinched silver, a feat that helped her qualify for the World Championships. Seeing such apathy from the government, 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra took to Twitter to bring out his ire about the predicament of the para-athletes. He even went on to tag Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his tweet. Tennis star Somdev Devvarman and India Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi also took to the social media site to condemn the apathy towards Pande. While there has not been any reply from Modi as of yet, Goel did send out a reply to Bindra, saying that the funds for the welfare of the athletes on the tour were arranged by the Ministry for Your Affairs and Sports (MYAS) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI), to the Paralympics Council of India (PCI). This is not the first time that the PCI has come under the scanner for apathy towards the para-athletes. The 2015 Natanional Paralympics Championship saw large-scale apathy from the PCI, with reports of lack of basic amenities like water and fans flooding the media. Some of the facilities also lacked the proper infrastructure to allow the para-athletes using wheelchairs properly use the stairs. The PCI was temporarily suspended by the International Paralympics Committee, after this.
So this is how we treat our sportspersons! Para-swimmer forced to beg in Germany because she did not receive funds from the PCI....After such knowledge, what forgiveness?
KD Jadhav’s family threatens to auction India’s first individual Olympic medal
It was the wrestler KD Jadhav's dream to set up a world-class academy in his village but the state government failed to fulfil the dream of the legend who created history for India. His son Ranjit K. D. Jadhav said that it had been 65 years since the wrestler won the medal.
Ranjit Jadhav, son of Khashaba Jadhav, India’s first individual Olympic medal winner who brought home a bronze for wrestling in 1952 from the Helsinki Olympics at his home in Karad. (Express Photo by Arul Horizon 12/07/2016).
In order to finance a wrestling academy that the Maharashtra state government had promised to fund, late wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav’s family has threatened to sell his Olympic bronze medal – India’s first Olympic individual medal.
It was the legendary wrestler’s dream to set up a world-class academy in his village but the state government failed to fulfil the dream of the legend who created history for India. His son Ranjit K. D. Jadhav said that it had been 65 years since the wrestler won the medal. “Since then, it was my father’s dream to set up a full-fledged world-class wrestling academy in our village, Goleshwar (Karad sub-district) in Satara. Despite repeated attempts we have failed,” Jadhav said in an interview to IANS.
“The matter languishes in cold storage even after sanctioning the amount and now the cost of setting up the academy would be nearly double,” Jadhav said.
“We have issued an ultimatum to the state government till August 14 – the 33rd death anniversary of my father, who died aged 58 in 1984. If they fail to clear its promise of the academy, from Independence Day, August 15, the family and villagers will go on a hunger strike,” Jadhav declared.
An amount of Rs.1.58 crore was earmarked for the promised academy by the 2009 Maharashtra Sports Minister.
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ndian blind swimmer begs in Germany; Abhinav Bindra tweets to Modi, Vijay Goel
New Delhi: India’s apathy towards the fringe sports is nothing new. In yet another case of utter negligence, para-swimmer Kanchanmala Pande was left to her own devices after she headed to Germany to participate in the Para Swimming Championship.
Completely shunned by the federation that sent her there, Pande was forced to take to the streets to beg and borrow money, according to Daily Mail.
Pande, who is blind and competes in the S11 category, clinched silver, a feat that helped her qualify for the World Championships.
Seeing such apathy from the government, 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra took to Twitter to bring out his ire about the predicament of the para-athletes. He even went on to tag Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his tweet.
Tennis star Somdev Devvarman and India Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi also took to the social media site to condemn the apathy towards Pande.
While there has not been any reply from Modi as of yet, Goel did send out a reply to Bindra, saying that the funds for the welfare of the athletes on the tour were arranged by the Ministry for Your Affairs and Sports (MYAS) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI), to the Paralympics Council of India (PCI).
This is not the first time that the PCI has come under the scanner for apathy towards the para-athletes. The 2015 Natanional Paralympics Championship saw large-scale apathy from the PCI, with reports of lack of basic amenities like water and fans flooding the media.
Some of the facilities also lacked the proper infrastructure to allow the para-athletes using wheelchairs properly use the stairs. The PCI was temporarily suspended by the International Paralympics Committee, after this.
So this is how we treat our sportspersons! Para-swimmer forced to beg in Germany because she did not receive funds from the PCI....After such knowledge, what forgiveness?
KD Jadhav’s family threatens to auction India’s first individual Olympic medal
It was the wrestler KD Jadhav's dream to set up a world-class academy in his village but the state government failed to fulfil the dream of the legend who created history for India. His son Ranjit K. D. Jadhav said that it had been 65 years since the wrestler won the medal.
In order to finance a wrestling academy that the Maharashtra state government had promised to fund, late wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav’s family has threatened to sell his Olympic bronze medal – India’s first Olympic individual medal.
It was the legendary wrestler’s dream to set up a world-class academy in his village but the state government failed to fulfil the dream of the legend who created history for India. His son Ranjit K. D. Jadhav said that it had been 65 years since the wrestler won the medal. “Since then, it was my father’s dream to set up a full-fledged world-class wrestling academy in our village, Goleshwar (Karad sub-district) in Satara. Despite repeated attempts we have failed,” Jadhav said in an interview to IANS.
“The matter languishes in cold storage even after sanctioning the amount and now the cost of setting up the academy would be nearly double,” Jadhav said.
“We have issued an ultimatum to the state government till August 14 – the 33rd death anniversary of my father, who died aged 58 in 1984. If they fail to clear its promise of the academy, from Independence Day, August 15, the family and villagers will go on a hunger strike,” Jadhav declared.
An amount of Rs.1.58 crore was earmarked for the promised academy by the 2009 Maharashtra Sports Minister.