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Delhi to set up sports facility for children with special needs: Min
Millennium Post Delhi
|Delhi 25 September 2025
Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood inaugurated the Special Olympics India National Powerlifting Championship at Maitreyi College on Wednesday and announced that the city government will build a dedicated stadium and residential sports facility for children with special needs.
Speaking at the event, organised by Special Olympics Bharat-Delhi in association with the Sports Authority of India and the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sood said the Delhi government will provide cash awards of up to Rs 15 lakh to winners of Special Olympics events.
“Special Olympics winners will now be honoured with separate recognition and not clubbed under Paralympics. Individual gold medallists will be given Rs 15 lakh, silver medallists Rs 12 lakh and bronze medallists Rs 8 lakh. In team events, winners will get between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 2 lakh depending on their performance,’ he said.
This story is from the Delhi 25 September 2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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