Randeep Hooda & Khalsa Aid Provide 125,000 Liters Of Water To 12 Drought-Stricken Villages In Maharashtra

Remember when Cyclone Fani wreaked havoc in Odisha? The UK based International humanitarian relief organisation, Khalsa Aid, set up langars to provide hot meals and clean water to the victims. Once again these volunteers have stepped up and brought water relief to villages in Maharashtra that are suffering from drought.

12 villages near Nashik have been hit and all the common wells have dried up due to the scorching heat.

When the severe drought hit the Indian state of #Maharashtra our @khalsaaid_india team organised water tankers for the hardest hit areas. The work goes on … pic.twitter.com/PmkDYnPom8

— Khalsa Aid (@Khalsa_Aid) June 11, 2019

This is what the on-ground reality is like over there with locals scrambling for an absolute necessity like drinking water.

As Maharashtra is facing severe drought this year again,Our @Khalsa_Aid team is in Nashik to provide water relief & everyday 125000 litres of water is distributed in villages and supplied to the villagers through common wells. @KapilSharmaK9 @RandeepHooda @MikaSingh @RaviSinghKA pic.twitter.com/L9WY7H5TZi

— Amarpreet Singh (@amarpreet_ka) June 11, 2019

Actor Randeep Hooda, known for his powerful performance in ‘Highway,’ has joined the Khalsa Aid team and is helping them out in relief efforts. He reveals,

“I am in village Vele (37 km from Nasik and 150 km from Bombay). There is a great shortage of water, even drinking water… All wells have dried up. This is a serious problem every summer. This area gets hit by drought.”

Here is the update he shared on his Instagram account from Vele.

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There is a major shortage of water all over the country.. in #Maharashtra near #Nashik village #Vele with @khalsaaid_india volunteers trying to do our bit #EveryDropCounts be as prudent as you can @khalsa_aid #SaveWater @narendramodi @amarpreetsingh_ka @ravisinghka

A post shared by Randeep Hooda (@randeephooda) on Jun 9, 2019 at 4:05am PDT

He shed light on the generous contribution of the volunteers saying,

“Khalsa Aid team is here, as usual volunteers are doing great groundwork helping the people out here with drinking water. They’re covering about 12 villages with about 25 to 30 water tankers every day. I would like to urge the government to step in and help these people and find some permanent solutions. There are a lot of dams here, but these tribal people do not have access to it.”

We sincerely hope that the concerned authorities make note of the situation and take necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future.