After
donating
Rs
25
crore
to
PM-CARES
Fund
for
the
Novel
Coronavirus
relief,
Bollywood
superstar
Akshay
Kumar
has
now
pledged
to
contribute
Rs
3
crore
to
Brihanmumbai
Municipal
Corporation
(BMC)
to
assist
the
making
of
personal
protection
equipment,
masks
and
rapid
testing
kits
to
help
the
battle
against
COVID-19.
Film
critic
and
movie
trade
analyst,
Taran
Adarsh
took
to
his
Twitter
page
to
share
the
news
and
wrote,
"After
donating
Rs
25
crores
to
the
PM
CARES
fund,
Akshay
Kumar
contributes
Rs
3
crores
to
BMC
to
assist
in
the
making
of
PPE,
masks
and
rapid
testing
kits."
Earlier
on
Thurday,
the
Good
Newwz
actor
wrote
a
post
where
he
encouraged
people
to
use
the
hashtag
"Dil
Se
Thank
You" to
express
their
gratitude
to
the
people
"who
work
to
ensure
our
safety".
In
his
video
message,
the
superstar
recalled
a
conversation
that
he
had
with
a
Mumbai
police
officer,
who
is
also
a
good
friend,
yesterday.
Talking
about
how
it
gave
him
a
new
insight
into
the
situation,
the
actor
quoted
his
friend
as
saying,
"Akshay,
you
people
are
scared
to
come
out
of
your
homes,
and
the
irony
is
we
are
afraid
to
go
home.
We
do
not
want
to
transfer
any
sort
of
disease
to
our
family
as
we
are
on
the
streets
the
whole
day,
meeting
different
kinds
of
people."
A
few
days
ago,
Akshay
Kumar
joined
hands
with
B-town
celebrities
like
Vicky
Kaushal,
Kartik
Aaryan,
Kriti
Sanon,
Ayushmann
Khurrana
and
others
for
a
hope
anthem
titled,
Muskurayega
India,
to
instill
hope
and
positivity
amid
dark
times.
Also,
the
actor
posted
many
videos
on
social
media
wherein
he
urged
his
fans
to
stay
at
home
and
practice
social-distancing
to
contain
the
spread
of
COVID-19.
Talking
about
work,
Akshay's
upcoming
film,
Sooryavanshi
was
slated
to
hit
the
big
screens
on
March
24.
However,
the
film's
release
got
postponed
owing
to
the
Novel
Coronavirus
pandemic.