Published 13:05 IST, May 23rd 2020
Sonu Sood assures help to stranded Twitter users, memes hailing his efforts go viral
Sonu Sood assured help to stranded Twitter users and asked them to send details so that he could send them home. Memes hailing his efforts also went viral.
With three extensions to the lockdown, numerous people have been keen to go back to their homes in other cities of the country. Visuals of people walking alone, or with their families, friends or in groups from one city to another has been constant during the lockdown. While state governments have been taking efforts to help the migrants go back home, some have personally taken up the mantle of their safe return.
Sonu Sood has been making headlines for arranging buses for those who wish to go back to their hometown. The actor arranged buses to states like Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with the required permissions. The notable bit is that the the Happy New Year star is not done yet, and is continuing to do so on a regular basis.
Pictures and videos of Sonu seeing off the travellers have been going viral on social media with even celebrities hailing him for his efforts. In a commendable gesture, Sonu has also been replying to those who have tweeting to him. Not just has the actor been consoling them and assuring them that he will help them go back home soon, he has been urging them to send the details on email. To those who shared their mothers’ worries, he wrote that they will reunite and have her food soon, while assuring them of buses to areas like Gonda and Darbhanga.
As per reports, after sending 350 migrants to Karnataka, Sonu arranged for the journey of 400 people to UP and Bihar.
Memes to hail his efforts also went viral. Sonu also responded to them, like his own with Tamannah Bhatia, and others from stills of Raazi, Mumnnabhai MBBS, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Baahubali and another where superheroes are bowing down for him.
Here are the memes
Celebrities like Saina Nehwal, Sania Mirza, Farah Khan and many others had lauded him for his gesture. Earlier, Sonu had also made headlines for offering his six-storey Mumbai hotel as a quarantine facility and for providing food to those fasting during Ramadan.
Updated 13:06 IST, May 23rd 2020