Visakhapatnam girl wins gold in inter-district shooting competitions
The Hindu
VISAKHAPATNAM:
Deepthii Gonnabhathula, a B. Arch. student in GITAM Deemed to be University, has secured a gold medal in the U-19 category at the inter-district shooting competitions held in Ongole from October 29 to 31.
Ms. Deepthii had started practising with a 10 m Air Rifle, after taking a weapon on rent, in January this year. She had participated in the XXII Andhra Pradesh State-Level Competitions held from August 1 to 7 in Hyderabad, by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) and secured the VI position in 10m Rifle Championship Women (individual) and 9th position in the Junior Women (individual).
She qualified for the nationals in both categories at the 13th South Zone Shooting Championship Rifle event held at Trichy in Tamil Nadu from September 19 to 24.
Ms. Deepthii, who is undergoing training at Bharat Shooting Academy in the city, is preparing to prove her mettle at the national-level.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.