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  • Swami Ramdev all reward for Rajat Sharma’s Rs 64 lakh donation to assist flood-hit Uttarakhand

    Image Source : PTI (FILE) Swami Ramdev praises Rajat Sharma for donating Rs 64 lakh to assist flood-hit Uttarakhand
    Yoga guru Swami Ramdev on Thursday heaped reward on India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma for donating Rs 64 lakh in direction of flood-ravaged Uttarakhand. In a tweet shared within the morning, Ramdev mentioned that Rajat Sharma has set an instance for others and hailed his management. 

    Continuing his lengthy apply of extending assist to individuals hit laborious by pure calamities, Rajat Sharma, who turns 64 on Thursday (February 18), donated Rs 64 lakh for these affected by the catastrophe in Chamoli.

    The yoga guru additionally prayed for Rajat Sharma’s good well being and lengthy life.

    “Every patriot should take up the cause of helping those affected by the tragedy by joining the #ReliefWithRajatSharma campaign. Greetings to Rajat Sharma on his birthday,” he tweeted in Hindi.

    “Rajat Sharma’s journey of struggle to success gives inspiration to crores of Indians. He is a role model for many,” Ramdev mentioned on India TV.

    The catastrophe was triggered after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier burst by means of its banks in Chamoli district on February 7, resulting in an avalanche and a deluge that ripped by means of the Alaknanda river system within the higher reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas. So far, 58 our bodies of catastrophe victims have been recovered together with 11 from a tunnel in Tapovan, whereas 146 persons are nonetheless lacking.

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  • Rajat Sharma donates Rs 64 lakh for flood-ravaged Uttarakhand

    Image Source : INDIA TV Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India TV
    Uttarkhand witnessed large devastation on February 7 when a glacier burst within the Tapovan-Raini space in Chamoli triggered a flash flood within the Dhauliganga and Alaknanda river system.   

    The pure calamity wreaked havoc within the hilly state. Scores of homes have been broken, some fully demolished. Hundreds of individuals went lacking. Over 50 our bodies have been recovered. Uttarakhand, which was ravaged by floods and landslides in 2013, has to once more start the arduous job of rebuilding itself and wishes assist from every considered one of us.

    Continuing his lengthy apply of extending assist to folks hit laborious by such pure calamities, Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India TV, donated Rs 64 lakh on Thursday, February 18, which occurs to be his birthday. 

    Image Source : PTI (FILE)Glacier burst at Joshimath triggered a large flash flood in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.

    “Many people asked me how will I celebrate my birthday this year. It has been said in the Shastras “People stay for themselves, however those that stay for philanthropy is the true that means of life.” Labourers in Uttarakhand need support the most. On my 64th birthday, I am making a humble contribution of Rs 64 lakh for them,” Rajat Sharma mentioned in his tweet.

    Earlier in March 2020, Rajat Sharma had donated Rs 1 crore to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES Fund) to bolster the battle towards coronavirus pandemic. 

    READ MORE: Rajat Sharma donates Rs 1 crore to PM-CARES Fund

    Back in September 2018, then Union Health and Family Welfare minister JP Nadda inaugurated battery operated bus service for sufferers and their attendants coming for remedy on the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. The free-of-cost bus service was launched as a part of India TV’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. A complete of 10 battery operated buses have been later flagged off by Nadda, Rajat Sharma and India TV Managing Director Ritu Dhawan. 

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