In a bid to aid the drought-hit farmers of Maharashtra, a vada pav seller in Mumbai has donated Rs 20,000 to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday praised the gesture of vada pav seller Mangesh Ahiwale. In a series of tweets, Fadnavis revealed that Mangesh had announced that he will donate his complete earnings from October 11 for drought farmers.
On Wednesday, Mangesh handed over a cheque of Rs 20,000 to the Chief Minister.
Battling drought in nearly 16,000 villages across the state, Maharashtra government sought a package of Rs 4,002 crores in November from centre for the state.
Earlier, the chief minister Fadnavis had asked people to come forward to help farmers.