Coronavirus Outbreak: Salman Khan sends special Eid meal kits to 5000 underprivileged families

On Monday, Salman Khan released a song 'Bhai Bhai' where he preached the message of unity and brotherhood.

FP Staff|May 26, 2020, 19:08:09 IST

Salman Khan sent out a meal kit with ingredients for sheer korma, an Eid delicacy, to 5000 underprivileged families on the festival. Yuva Sena member Rahul Kanwal thanked Khan for this gesture and wrote, "Humans like you balance the society."(Click here for LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak)Kanwal mentioned that the kit comprises of enough ingredients to feed 50 families. He further wrote that Khan's food truck initiative Being Haangryy has been able to reach out to feed with essential meal kits 25,000 families and 5,000 with the Eid kit amid the coronavirus outbreak.Here is the post

Khan has launched the food truck in Mumbai, where volunteers are providing huge bags of ration. A long queue of people is standing near the truck to get the essentials.Earlier, the 54-year-old actor urged people to take up the Anna Daan challenge and donate to the underprivileged ones who are worst affected by the COVID-19 lockdown.To encourage people to take up the challenge, the actor also posted a video on Twitter, that features him and Iulia Vantur, Jacqueline Fernandez among others loading the bags filled with ration on to a truck.Khan has been actively posts videos on his social media handles to raise awareness about the importance of social distancing during COVID-19.In April, he had dropped a song titled 'Pyaar Karona' through which he urged his fans and followers to follow physical distancing measures to stop the spread of the highly contagious virus.Though the pandemic obstructed possibility of his annual Eid release, he did share a song 'Bhai Bhai' where he preaches unity and brotherhood.

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