Assam floods: Bollywood director Karan Johar donates Rs 11 lakh for relief ops

Assam floods: Bollywood director Karan Johar donates Rs 11 lakh for reduction ops

GUWAHATI: Star Bollywood director Karan Johar has donated in direction of the flood reduction operations in Assam.

This was knowledgeable by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Karan Johar donated Rs 11 lakh to the Assam CM reduction fund for flood reduction opearyions within the state.

“Grateful to movie producer Shri @karanjohar and Dharma Productions for contributing Rs 11 lakh to CM Aid Fund,” tweeted Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The Assam chief minister additional ‘acknowledged’ one other Bollywood director Rohit Shetty for mobilising the Indian movie trade in making contributions in direction of the Assam floods reduction operations.

“Additionally acknowledge Shri Rohit Shetty for his initiative of getting your entire Indian movie trade collectively for the reason for #AssamFloods,” Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma added in his tweet.

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Though improved, the flood state of affairs in Assam continues to be grim.

Over 14 lakh folks in 22 districts of Assam nonetheless stay affected by the floods.

Apart from the human loss, over 40,000 hectares of cropland throughout 14 districts are additionally affected.

Based on the ASDMA, Cachar continues to be the worst-affected district in Assam for the previous a number of days with over 6 lakh folks affected within the district.