Vijayawada is all set to welcome Silver Sindhu. Sindhu will be attending a series of programme in Vijayawada in which city elite, including politicians cutting across party ideologies, will take part.
“Sindhu will be presented a statue of Lord Venkateswara made of precious stones and brought specially from Italy,” said P. R. Mohan, chairman of Sports Authority of AP.Vijayawada is gearing up to accord a rousing welcome to Sindhu onTuesday.
Sindhu is being flown in a chartered flight from Hyderabad to Gannavaram airport at 8.40 a.m. Member of Parliament Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) will be accompanying her.
Hundred vehicles with badminton lovers will be reaching the airport to receive her. From the airport to Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium, school and college students, standing on both sides of the road, will cheer the champion waving the tricolour.
Sindhu, along with coach Gopichand and parents P.V. Ramana and Vijayalakshmi, will proceed to IGMC stadium where she will be presented a cheque for Rs. 3 crore by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. A cheque for Rs. 50 lakh will be presented to Gopichand.
The stadium will also witness the presence of members of the A.P. Olympic Association and badminton fraternity of A.P.
