Earlier reports had surfaced of superstar Amitabh
Bachchan's pledge to donate a significant amount to army widows and our
suffering farmers of India.
After the recent announcement of his generous help
towards Kerala relief funds, we hear that the government has given him a
concrete list of Shaheed families and farmers to fructify his pledge and see it
materialise.
He will be giving 1 crore to families of ‘Shaheed’
soldiers who sacrificed their lives for us . A list of 44 families has been
given by the Maharashtra CM office and he has made demand drafts for them.
He will also be giving 1.25 cr to farmers who have
taken loans. The Maharashtra government has identified 200 farmers from a
nationalised bank, the NOC have bee
prepared by the bank and loans have been taken care of Mr Bachchan.
The thespian confirmed the same when asked about
the two causes at the KBC Press conference, "While there are a lot of
issues that have touched my hearts, the farmers’ suicide shocked me. Several
years ago, when I was shooting in Vizag, I got to know that the farmers were
taking their lives, not being able to pay off loans of some thousands. It felt
terrible.
I got a list of around 50 families and paid off their loans. Recently
also, through my bank, I got a list of 200 farmers and we have cleared their
loans amounting to Rs 1.25 crores. And it also really pains me to see so many
soldiers are losing their lives. I want to thank the CM’s office that helped us
collate a list of 44 families. We have drafted 112 drafts of some crores
towards them already.” said Mr Bachchan.
Well we hope his magnanimous gesture inspires
others to follow suit.
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