Akshay Kumar has donated Rs 3 crore to BMC to help acquire personal protective equipment.

After donating Rs 25 crore to PM-CARES Fund to help fight the novel coronavirus, Akshay Kumar has now contributed Rs 3 crore to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The actor has donated the money to assist in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare and municipal workers.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted on Friday, "#Update: After contributing Rs 25 cr to #PMCares, #AkshayKumar contributes Rs 3 cr to #BMC to assist in the making of PPEs, masks and rapid testing kits... #COVID19Pandemic #CoronaVirus #Covid_19 #COVID19 (sic)."

According to news reports, the actor has been quietly offering help to the local authorities.

On Thursday, Akshay shared a picture of himself holding a placard with #DilSeThankYou written on it. The actor thanked all the essential service providers for working tirelessly in the time of crisis.

Name : Akshay Kumar

City : Mumbai



Mere aur mere parivaar ki taraf se...

Police, Nagar Nigam ke workers, doctors, nurses, NGOs, volunteers, government officials, vendors, building ke guards ko #DilSeThankYou pic.twitter.com/N8dnb4Na63 — Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) April 9, 2020

Sharing a video of himself, he wrote, "There’s an army of people working day and night to keep us safe, our families safe. Lets together say #DilSeThankYou to them because that’s the least we can do. @mybmc @MumbaiPolice (sic)."

There’s an army of people working day and night to keep us safe, our families safe. Lets together say #DilSeThankYou to them because that’s the least we can do. @mybmc @MumbaiPolice pic.twitter.com/ANf1ynTP09 April 9, 2020

He also brought many Bollywood celebrities together for the music video Muskurayega India. In the video, the celebs are seen singing the song and encouraging people to smile and be there with their loved ones to fight the deadly virus.

The novel coronavirus has claimed more than 90,000 lives all over the world. In India, the Covid-19 positive cases have reached the tally of 6,412 with 199 lives lost to the disease.

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