The Haryana government on Sunday said 100 wrestling mats will be provided to wrestling grounds in the state following the success of Aamir Khan’s biopic about a wrestler.
Dangal highlights the struggle of a father to train his daughters into wrestling champions.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar met the real-life wrestlers, Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari, and their father Mahavir Singh Phogat.
Geeta is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. Babita took a silver medal at the same event.
Khattar said that his government has set up a committee to streamline the process of giving employment to the state’s sportspeople.