Parents of Table Tennis star who died await relief

Wednesday, 1 June 2022newsdesk

It’s been well over a month since their son, national-ranked TT player Vishwa Deenadayalan, lost his life in a road accident while on his way to Shillong for an inter-state tournament, and his parents are still waiting for a word from Sports Authority of India (SAI) over insurance cover under the Government’s flagship Khelo India — an initiative to “establish India as a great sporting nation”.

New Delhi, 01 June 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, the 18-year-old’s death on the road from Guwahati to Shillong on April 17 had come as a shock to the sporting world with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur extending their condolences. But Vishwa’s father Deenadayalan told The Indian Express that it has been over three weeks since he wrote to the Sports Ministry and SAI on the issue of insurance coverage but hasn’t received a reply yet.

Source -The Indian Express