Amitabh Bachchan donates his belongings to Flood-hit Kerala victims

Kerala is not giving up! The whole state is constantly fighting the worst floods that caused carnage in 90 years resulting to 20,000 crore loss, something which is hard to imagine. Though the situation has gone from bad to worse, Celebrities, common people are doing their maximum best to contribute something for the flood relief work.

It is good to see people helping each other by donating money, distributing food, materials, restoring a great leap of faith in humanity. Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is in the news recently as he stepped forward to contribute to the Kerala state relief fund.

Amitabh Bachchan (Credits: NewsX)

The recognised actor in the Bollywood film industry has donated his personal belongings such as clothes, shoes and accessories for the sufferers of the calamity. A source close to the development has opened up that Amitabh Bachchan has sent a big batch of his personal belongings to the relief cause.

The source revealed, “Mr Bachchan has sent six cartons of his personal clothing, that includes around 80 jackets, 25 pants, 20 shirts and lots of scarves. The actor has also donated around 40 pairs of shoes.” The actor also contributed a sum of 51 lakhs to the Chief Minister’s relief fund.

Resul Pookutty who has films – Slumdog Millionaire, 2.0, Ra. One, PK and Kochadaiiyaan to his credit, thanked Bollywood starts for stepping forward to help the victims of the calamity. “The biggest challenge is counselling people who lost everything back to normalcy, for three people have already died of the distress trauma.

A big thank you to Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Vidya Balan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor,” he tweeted.

Hailing from Chennai, Chaithanya G is the Managing Director of TheYouth. He has dedicated his whole life to reading and writing.