Assam govt decides to nominate World Championship sprinter Hima Das as DSP

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal chaired a gathering of his cabinet on Wednesday evening the place a choice was taken to nominate World Championship sprinter Hima Das as a Deputy Superintendent of Police within the state.
The cabinet additionally determined to amend the built-in sports activities coverage of the state by appointing sportspersons as Class-I and Class-II officers in numerous division of the state like Police, Excise, Transport and so forth, authorities spokesman and Industry minister Chandra Mohan Patowary advised reporters.
It was determined that Das shall be appointed as a DSP rank officer within the Assam police and medal winners in Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games shall be appointed as Class- I officers.
Nicknamed ‘Dhing Express’, Hima Das is a 20-year-old Indian sprinter from Assam.
She grew to become the primary Indian girl certainly the primary ever Indian athlete to win a gold medal in any format of a world observe occasion at IAAF World U20 Championships when she clocked a velocity of 51.46 seconds.