Published 19:50 IST, April 16th 2020

FWICE General Secretary thanks Salman Khan for his contribution; says 'no one like him'

In an interaction with a national daily, FWICE Gen. Secretary Mr. Ashok Dubey expressed wholehearted gratitude for Bollywood star Salman Khan's relief efforts.

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General Secretary of Federation of Western India Cine Employee (FWICE), Mr. Ashok Dubey, in an interaction with a national daily, shared that Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been actively corresponding with organisation regarding relief of daily w earners in film industry.

Dubey informed that Ready actor has credited an amount of Rs 3000 in personal accounts of 25000 daily w workers. He thanked actor and claimed that Coronavirus crisis has shown m that re is one like Salman Khan in film industry.

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General Secretary also said that Salman Khan has been in touch constantly in order to ensure that everything has been taken care of properly. He also revealed that industry members till date have contributed an amount of Rs 2 crore 80 lakhs to FWICE and Producers Guild has helped with Rs 1 crore 50 lakh in addition to that. He also shared that amount that Salman Khan has contributed is more than twice of what entire industry has given so far.

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Or Bollywood fraternity members who have generously donated are Rohit Shetty, Ajay Devgn, Boney Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Anand Pandit and ors. film industry workers, technicians who depend on ir daily ws for sustenance have been badly hit amid this Coronavirus crisis in country. With nationwide lockdown extended until May 3, ir situation seems to have taken a turn for worse.

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Earlier on Wednesday, Salman Khan vented out at those violating lockdown guidelines issued by government as COVID-19 continued to spread at a brisk pace in country. actor termed m as ‘jokers’ and said y were putting entire country at a risk. He also stated that if people would’ve followed all instructions, coronavirus and lockdown would have been over by w.

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19:50 IST, April 16th 2020