Hima Das arrives in Guwahati

Guwahati : India’s new track and field sensation Hima Das on Friday arrived at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati.

The star sprinter landed at the airport at around 1 pm by a SpiceJet aircraft.

Hima was welcomed by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, state finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and several organizations including All Assam Students Union (AASU) with Assamese traditional Gamosa and Japi.

The airport was specially decorated and accorded a red carpet to welcome Hima Das, who made Assam as well as the country proud in the Asian Games.

Hima came to her motherland first time after she clinched three medals in recently concluded Asian Games in Jakarta.

Thousands of people, Hima’s friends, lovers reached at the airport to welcome the star sprinter.

Assam government has organized a state level felicitation programme to be held at Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati, where the state government will give her a cash reward of Rs 1.60 crore.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)