While many Indian sports personalities are making their contributions to the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) Fund, paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran on Monday pledged to donate as well to help combat the coronavirus crisis in the country.
Taking to Twitter he wrote, “These are testing times for all of us especially for the daily wage workers & migrant labourers. I hereby pledge to donate a total of Rs 1,25,000 ( Rs 1 lakh for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s public relief fund & Rs 25000 for PM Cares fund )!!”.
Earlier in the day, Indian cricket skipper Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma also pledged to extend their support to the PM-CARES and CM’s Relief Fund of Maharashtra.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had already donated Rs 51 crore to PM-CARES while cricketer Suresh Raina donated Rs 31 lakhs to PM-CARES Fund and Rs 21 lakhs to Uttar Pradesh CM’s Disaster Relief Fund.
On Saturday, PM Narendra Modi announced the creation of the PM-CARES Fund and appealed to all the countrymen to show their support.
The country has been put under a 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 29 people have lost their lives and the virus has infected a total of 1071 people in the country.
