ROHIT SHARMA AND SANIA MIRZA RAISE HELPING HANDS FOR CORONA VICTIMS

Mayank Jain — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:16:12 +0000

After Virat Kohli, ODI’s vice-captain Rohit Sharma has also raised a helping hand for the Coronavirus victims. Rohit has decided to donate Rs 80 lakh. He tweeted and said- We want to see the country standing on its feet and it is our responsibility. I decided to help from my side. I will give 45 lakh rupees to the PM-Cares fund and 25 lakh rupees to the CM Relief Fund. I will also donate 5 lakh rupees for Feeding India and 5 lakh rupees for Welfare of Stray Dogs. Women players have also become helpful in this fight.

We need our country back on feet & the onus is on us. I’ve done my bit to donate 45lakhs to #PMCaresFunds, 25lakhs to #CMReliefFund Maharashtra, 5lakhs to @FeedingIndia and 5lakhs to #WelfareOfStrayDogs.Let’s get behind our leaders and support them @narendramodi @CMOMaharashtra
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) March 31, 2020

Sania Mirza announced Rs. 1.25 crore, while Indian women’s ODI team captain Mithali Raj announced Rs. 10 lakh. Apart from these, cricketers Poonam Yadav and Deepti Sharma will also support the government in the battle with Corona.

The last week we have tried as a team to provide some help to the people in need..we provided food to thousands of families and raised 1.25 Crore in one week which will help close to 1 Lakh people.its an ongoing effort and we are in this together @youthfeedindia @safaindia pic.twitter.com/WEtl1ebjVR
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) March 30, 2020

Sania said on the tweet – Last week, we made a small effort to deliver food to thousands of families and raised Rs 1.25 crore with the help of people. With this, we will be able to help about 1 lakh people. This effort will continue even further.

All the employees of Sports Authority of India (SAI) have also donated their 3 days salary to PM Care Fund. This amount is around 76 lakh rupees. Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju praised Sai’s move. He tweeted- I am happy to inform that Group A employees of Sports Authority of India donated their 3 days salary, Group B 2 days and all other employees donated 1-day salary to PM Care Fund. The total amount is around 76 lakh rupees. Earlier, Rijiju had deposited one crore rupees from his MP fund.

I feel honoured to share that employees of Sports Authority of India have come forward to donate 3 days salary of Group A, 2 days of group B & 1 day of all other employees to #PMCARES fund to fight coronavirus. The total amount is 76 lakhs.#IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/amqYnlO1Fs
— Kiren Rijiju (मोदी का परिवार) (@KirenRijiju) March 30, 2020

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