Gujarat diamond baron will reward house, car if women's hockey team wins Olympics medal

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, August 4

Gujarat diamond baron Savji Dholakia on Tuesday announced that the Hari Krishna Group would gift a house or a new car worth Rs 11 lakh to the members of the Indian Women’s Hockey Team playing at the Tokyo Olympics.  

Sharing the news on the microblogging website, Dholakia said that this was an “attempt to boost the morale of the players”.

“Our girls are scripting history with every move at Tokyo 2020. We’re into the semi-finals of the Olympics for the 1st time, beating Australia,” the diamond baron wrote on Twitter.

“I was inspired by Mirabai Chanu and saw how women from our country are taking giant leaps. Chanu lives in a simple house, but she won the medal. I want to make this announcement to award Rs 11 lakh for those who do not have a house and Rs five lakh to those who don’t have a car. I am making this announcement to boost the morale of our women’s hockey team members for the match today,” he wrote on Twitter.

India is playing its first-ever semi-final in women’s hockey at the pinnacle of sports, after beating Australia 1-0 in the Olympics quarter-final.