Akshay Kumar To Donate Rs 2 Crore Towards Relief Work In Assam, Kaziranga National Park
Akshay Kumar on Wednesday pledged Rs 1 crore each towards the Assam CM's Relief Fund and for rescue operations in Kaziranga National Park as the state grapples with flood and torrential rain.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Akshay
Kumar
on
Wednesday
pledged
Rs
1
crore
each
towards
the
Assam
CM's
Relief
Fund
and
for
rescue
operations
in
Kaziranga
National
Park
as
the
state
grapples
with
flood
and
torrential
rain.
All
33
districts
of
Assam
have
come
under
the
grip
of
the
deluge,
which
has
so
far
claimed
17
lives
and
affected
over
45
lakh
people.
Akshay
took
to
Twitter
to
announce
that
he
will
be
donating
to
the
relief
fund
set
up
by
Chief
Minister
Sarbananda
Sonowal
and
appealed
others
to
contribute
as
well.
The
actor
said
he
will
also
donate
Rs
1
crore
to
the
Kaziranga
National
Park,
which
has
mostly
been
submerged
in
water
due
to
torrential
rains.
"Absolutely
heartbreaking
to
know
about
the
devastation
by
floods
in
Assam.
All
affected,
humans
or
animals,
deserve
support
in
this
hour
of
crisis.
I'd
like
to
donate
1
crore
each
to
the
CM
Relief
Fund
&
for
Kaziranga
Park
rescue.
Appealing
to
all
to
contribute
@CMOfficeAssam
@kaziranga_," Akshay
wrote.
(-sic)
According
to
Assam
State
Disaster
Management
Authority
(ASDMA),
the
Brahmaputra
river
and
its
tributaries
are
flowing
above
the
danger
level
in
most
of
the
affected
districts,
including
in
Guwahati.
More
than
45
lakh
people
have
been
affected
in
4,620
villages
of
the
state,
with
1,01,085
people
taking
refuge
in
226
relief
camps.
As
many
as
562
distribution
centres
have
been
set
up
for
providing
relief
to
the
affected
people,
it
said.
With
two
persons
dying
due
to
landslides
triggered
by
heavy
rains,
the
toll
in
the
current
wave
of
flood
has
risen
to
17,
officials
said,
adding
the
Army
is
helping
in
rescue
operations
and
the
BSF
has
also
been
called
out
for
assistance
in
the
border
districts.
The
Kaziranga
National
Park
is
home
to
the
world's
largest
population
of
Indian
one-horned
rhinoceroses.
Animals
such
as
tigers,
elephants,
sloth
bears,
monkeys
and
musk
deer
are
also
found
in
the
forest.
Ninety
per
cent
of
the
park
in
Golaghat
and
Nagaon
districts
of
the
state
is
still
submerged
with
the
animals
seeking
shelter
in
highlands
within
the
park.