A 22-year-old Vikram Awardee Kho Kho participant, who received laurels for the counutry at worldwide occasions regardless of her household’s poor financial circumstances in Indore, is fighing for a authorities job that’s lengthy overdue to her. Juhi Jha was given the Vikram Award within the 12 months 2018 and as per guidelines the awardees are entitled to authorities jobs that should be handed earlier than the subsequent listing of awardees is out. “I received the award within the 12 months 2018, the listing of winners of 2019 can be out however I nonetheless don’t have a job,” Juhi stated.
Juhi’s journey began from a one-room home hooked up to a public bathroom in Indore the place her father labored to make a dwelling and culminated on the podium in 2016 when India received the gold medal on the South Asian Video games.
Juhi’s father Subodh Jha introduced up his household of 5 with the lttle cash that he earned as wage and a few help from his spouse who took as much as stitching garments.
After Juhi’s choice within the Indian Kho Kho crew, the household thought their fortuness would now change for good, however that was to not be.
Juhi in the meantime had picked up a job in a non-public college however as her identify figured within the Vikram awardee listing for the 12 months 2018, the varsity discovered a substitute fearing she may depart mid-session as a authorities job for the awardees was assured.
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The sports activities division, whereas accepting that a authorities job was as a result of her, stated the delay had resulted due to procesural lapses.
“The matter is being checked out on the highest degree and we ahould have the ability to reaolvw it inside a number of weeks,” Dr Pradhan, extra director sports activities stated.
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