Programme on cow protection in Gujarat collects Rs 4.50 crore donation

Jamnagar

A folk songs event held for the cause of protection of cows at Kalavad taluka here has generated donation of around Rs 4.50 crore.

“We have collected an amount of around Rs 4.50 crore in a ‘Dayro’, the folk songs programme, organised for the cause of cow protection and to provide social services like building hospitals in various parts of the state,” said Ramesh Patel, one of the organisers of the event.

He said while currency notes worth Rs 1.25 crore were showered by attendees of the event on famous ‘Dayro’ singers Kirtidan Gadhvi and Maya Gadhvi who sang for the entire night on Friday, rest of the amount was deposited with the organisers.

More than five thousand people had attended the event, Patel said, adding, it took two days for the organisers to count the “huge” amount.

The programme was organised by one Nilesh Sakhiya, a former NRI who is a native of Haripar village in Kalavad taluka, along with some of his friends under the banner of ‘Kalavad Seva Samiti’, Patel said.

Sakhiya returned from London a few years back and since then he has been organising such events to collect donations to address various social issues, he said.

PTI