<p>Ace shuttler P V Sindhu, who has done the country proud by winning a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, was given a hero’s welcome on her arrival here on Monday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The city wore a festive look as hundreds of sports lovers and schoolchildren gathered to greet the badminton champion and her coach Pullela Gopichand as they were taken in a procession from the international airport in Shamshabad to GMC Balayogi Stadium at Gachibowli, where a grand felicitation was organised by the Telangana government.<br /><br />Amid scenes of jubilation, 21-year-old Sindhu was accorded a rousing welcome by Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali and ministers K T Rama Rao and Talasani Srinivasa Yadav. The Andhra Pradesh government sent Minister Devineni Umamaheswar Rao and Vijayawada MP Kesineni Nani as its representatives to welcome Sindhu. <br /><br />Sindhu, Gopichand and her parents P V Ramana and Vijaya boarded Nilambari, an open deck double-decker bus procured from the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport, for the victory rally. <br /><br />The Telangana government has already announced a Rs 5-crore cash award and 1,000 square yard housing site in the city for Sindhu. It also announced a cash prize of <br />Rs 1 crore for Gopichand. The Andhra Pradesh government has offered the shuttler a cash award of Rs 3 crore and a residential plot of the same size in Amravati. <br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>Ace shuttler P V Sindhu, who has done the country proud by winning a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, was given a hero’s welcome on her arrival here on Monday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The city wore a festive look as hundreds of sports lovers and schoolchildren gathered to greet the badminton champion and her coach Pullela Gopichand as they were taken in a procession from the international airport in Shamshabad to GMC Balayogi Stadium at Gachibowli, where a grand felicitation was organised by the Telangana government.<br /><br />Amid scenes of jubilation, 21-year-old Sindhu was accorded a rousing welcome by Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali and ministers K T Rama Rao and Talasani Srinivasa Yadav. The Andhra Pradesh government sent Minister Devineni Umamaheswar Rao and Vijayawada MP Kesineni Nani as its representatives to welcome Sindhu. <br /><br />Sindhu, Gopichand and her parents P V Ramana and Vijaya boarded Nilambari, an open deck double-decker bus procured from the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport, for the victory rally. <br /><br />The Telangana government has already announced a Rs 5-crore cash award and 1,000 square yard housing site in the city for Sindhu. It also announced a cash prize of <br />Rs 1 crore for Gopichand. The Andhra Pradesh government has offered the shuttler a cash award of Rs 3 crore and a residential plot of the same size in Amravati. <br /><br /><br /></p>
