Sonu Soon sends 350 migrants back to Karnataka in 10 buses

Mumbai : Actor Sonu Sood is trying all he can to help people during the coronavirus pandemic situation in Mumbai. In a latest, he sent around 350 migrants back to Karnataka from Mumbai in 10 buses after procuring all the required permissions from the government.

Several photos and videos of Sonu Sood are going viral on the social media where he can be seen helping people with the buses to get them to their home towns.

In his interaction with Mid-Day, the actor revealed that this is the first lot of the buses and more slots have been planned to send other workers to their hometowns in various other states. Apart from taking care of their commutation, the actor has also organised for their food and water facilities. He revealed, “This is the first lot of buses. We arranged for fruits, meals, and water for their travel. The Maharashtra government officials helped us in organising the paperwork, and a special mention to the Karnataka government for welcoming the migrants back home.”

The other batches of the workers that will be sent home include people from the states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Bihar. Earlier, the actor helped by feeding around 45,000 people in Mumbai in a day. He teamed up with the BMC to provide food for 45,000 people amid the ongoing lockdown.