Big B prefers donating personally over campaign route
The cine icon opened up about paying off farmers loans and aiding martyrs families at a press conference of iconic television game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati" here.
"While there are a lot of issues that have touched my hearts the farmers suicide shocked me. Several years ago when I was shooting in Vizag I got to know that the farmers were taking their lives not being able to pay off loans of some thousands. It felt terrible " Big B said.
"I got a list of around 50 families and paid off their loans. Recently also through my bank I got a list of 200 farmers and we have cleared their loans amounting to Rs 1.25 crore. It also really pains me to see so many soldiers are losing their lives. I want to thank the Chief Minister s office that helped us collate a list of 44 families. We have drafted 112 drafts of some crores towards them already."
The actor added: "Campaigns take a long time to fructify as there are a lot of formalities and legalities involved. When you take charge it happens much faster."
--IANS sug/rb/sed
