Actor Amitabh Bachchan has contributed Rs 2 crore towards setting up a 400-bed facility at Delhi’s Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib that is set to be operational on Monday. Besides, the actor has funded ventilators for Covid care hospitals in Mumbai and donated PPEs, masks and sanitisers in an effort to help the two cities hit hardest by the pandemic. Manjinder Singh Sirsa, President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), said the facility at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib will be operational from 8 am on Monday. Sirsa said the Bhai Lakhi Shah Vanjara Hall in the gurdwara premises has been converted into a Covid care centre and renamed Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Covid Care Centre to mark the 400th anniversary of the Sikh guru. He has also donated masks, sanitisers and over 20,000 PPE kits to hospitals, police stations and BMC offices.

Source: Indian Express May 09, 2021 20:16 UTC