★ Water tanks donated by Salman Khan to leave Nagpur today !

May 7, 2013

NAGPUR: Actor Salman Khan has donated money to purchase 2,500 water tanks with storage capacity of 2000 litres each to the drought hit districts of Maharashtra. The first batch of 400 tanks will be dispatched from the manufacturer at Nagpur to Beed, Osmanabad, Jalna and Nanded district on Tuesday.

A source from Khan's office informed, "Salman wanted to help the drought-affected region and people, so we got in touch with the chief minister's office and offered our help. We were told that water is being supplied to these areas through tankers, but there is a problem of storage facilities. This was resulting in hygiene issues and fear of the spread of diseases. The CM's office suggested that Salman could provide storage tanks for the region, and we agreed to do so."

The Aurangabad divisional commissioner office has confirmed that Salman will be donating 750 water tanks to Beed, 500 each to Osmanabad and Jalna, and 250 each to Aurangabad and Nanded districts.

TOI