Akshay Kumar donates Rs 50 lakh for water conservation scheme
October 11, 2015
Mumbai
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has donated Rs 50 lakh for the Maharashtra government’s flagship ‘Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyaan’ (local water conservation scheme).
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis thanked the actor for his contribution, an official release said here.
The scheme, promoted vigorously by the CM, envisages constructing ponds on farms for water harvesting, and making the villages ‘drought-proof’.
PTI
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