CM announces ex-gratia for chess players

By Our Special Correspondent

TIRUPATI, SEPT. 24. The Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, today expressed grief and shock at the tragic death of four budding chess players of the State in a ghastly road accident near Puri in Orissa on Sunday.

A visibly moved Mr. Naidu said that the premature and untimely end of the players at a time when AP's image in the field of sports and games was growing, would not only leave a vacuum but was also sure to dampen the spirits of the sports lovers of the State.

The Chief Minister who was here today to lay the foundation stone for a sports complex to be built by the TTD at a cost of Rs.6 crores announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakhs each to the families of the ill-fated players. He also declared that a playground in the native place or native district of the players who had died would be named after them in their memory. He also responded positively to a suggestion that the Ministry of Sports could conduct memorial trophies in their names every year to perpetuate their memory and as a mark of respect to their contribution to enrich the image of the State.

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