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.
In a great gesture of humanity,a wada pav seller Mangesh Ahiwale met & contributed ₹20000/- for CM Relief Fund (1/n) pic.twitter.com/QmO6BVcoP0
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) December 2, 2015 On 11th October, he announced that he will donate complete earnings from that day towards relief measures for drought hit farmers. (2/n)
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) December 2, 2015 For this he sold wada pav for ₹5/-instead of ₹12/-that day. I appreciate his sensitivity towards society.Really touched by his kindness(3/3)
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) December 2, 2015 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.
