After Aamir Khan, Karan Johar Comes Forward To Help Assam Flood Victims, Donates Rs 11 Lakhs
Lakhs of people are still trapped in Assam due to the ongoing floods which along with landslides have killed 174 people so far. Assam needs help and several Bollywood stars have come forward to donate for the flood victims.?
After Aamir Khan, Rohit Shetty, Arjun Kapoor, Sonu Nigam and Bhushan Kumar, now filmmaker Karan Johar has donated Rs 11 lakhs for the relief work.?
Karan Johar donates for Assam
KJo has donated Rs 11 lakh for flood relief to the Assam Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to Twitter to thank him.?
He tweeted, "Grateful to film producer @karanjohar and Dharma productions for contributing Rs 11 lakh to CM Relief Fund (sic)."
Furthermore, the CM thanked and acknowledged the initiative taken by Rohit Shetty in "getting the entire film industry together for this cause."
He wrote, "Also acknowledge Shri Rohit Shetty for his initiative of getting the entire Indian film industry together for the cause of #AssamFloods. @iamrohitshetty (sic)."
The officials of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said that since April, 156 people lost their lives in pre-monsoon and monsoon floods while 18 others died in landslides in different districts of Assam.
They said that over 50,714 hectares crop area is still inundated in 1,934 villages in 27 districts while the flood situation is deteriorating due to incessant rains in the state.
Over 2.77 lakh men, women and children took shelter in 404 relief camps with the district administrations setting up relief and distribution centres in the flood-hit districts.
An ASDMA official said that after visiting the flood-affected districts, two Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCT) on Saturday held a meeting with Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua and other Assam government officials.?
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