Salman To Financially Support 25,000 Daily Wage Workers From Film Industry

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has pledged to financially support 25,000 daily wage workers from the film industry in the wake of the national lockdown, according to Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE), reported news agency PTI. The country is witnessing a 21-day lockdown, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to contain the spread of the virus.

The daily wage workers across different avenues are badly hit by the lockdown. According to FWICE president B N Tiwari, Salman via his Being Human Foundation reached out to their organisation to help the workers. "Salman's Being Human Foundation has come forward to help daily wage workers. They called us three days ago.

We have about 5 lakh workers out of which 25,000 are in dire need of financial help. Being Human Foundation said they will take care of these workers on their own. They have asked for account details of these 25,000 workers as they want to ensure that money reaches them directly," Mr Tiwari told PTI.