BHOPAL: An 82-year-old retired school education department employee from Madhya Pradesh 's Vidisha town has donated Rs1 lakh from her pension fund to the state government in its efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.Like many others, octogenarian Salbha Uskar, too, was extremely worried about the deadly virus and had been in lockdown since it was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. While reading updates on the issue in newspapers, she came across the news on Chief Minister's Relief Fund. She rang up nodal officer Vinay Prakash Singh whose number was given in the paper and expressed her desire to donate some money.Singh asked her to remain at home and promised her to send someone at her doorstep to collect the donation. When her cheque reached him, he too was surprised. Unlike many others, she preferred to remain silent and did not want any media coverage on her initiative, said an administrative officer. The local media came to know about the matter through the administration, which praised her efforts.“After seeing the current situation, I decided to extend my help. I urge people to honour the lockdown and follow the government’s order on a war-footing,” Uskar was heard saying in a video, which was shared by the public relations department.Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, too, shared the video saying, “Maa Tujhe Salam. Salbha Uskar, an 82- year-old woman from Vidisha, donated Rs1 lakh from her pension to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. This invaluable blessing of a mother has boosted my confidence in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.