Kathmandu, March 17 : Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal
'Prachanda' has announced to felicitate Nepali cricketers selected for One-day
Men's World Cup qualifiers with a cash prize of Rs 300,000.
Prime Minister Prachanda announced this
while honouring the players at the official residence of the Prime Minister at
Baluwatar this morning.
He said, "I am very happy from
the way you played yesterday. Not only you have become victorious, the country
won. It has made country's self-esteem and pride high. May your performance be
even better in coming days. I am always with you."
Prime Minister Prachanda mentioned that
the government had earlier awarded the players with Rs 200,000 cash prize.
On the occasion, he directed the
National Sports Council to immediately install modern flat light and score
board at Kirtipur-based Cricket Ground.
The Prime Minister mentioned,
"I on the behalf of the government express commitment to make necessary
arrangement to accelerate construction activities of under construction cricket
grounds at different places of the country including Mulpani and
Chitwan."
The government would recognize and
honour the hard work of cricketers, he shared, assuring of making arrangement
of development of physical infrastructures and further facility to players in
coming days.
Member-Secretary of the NSC, Tanka
Lal Ghising and other office-bearers were present on the occasion. (RSS)