#NagalandFloods: Sushant Singh Rajput offers Rs 1.25 crore donation

By Ranpreet Kaur

Sep 05, 2018

07:03 pm

What's the story

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput clearly knows the art of winning hearts not just by his excellent acting skills but also by his kind gestures. The actor, who had won praises for his donation towards Kerala floods, has once again donated Rs 1.25 crore to Nagaland which is also facing the chaos caused by floods. Here are more details.

SSR in Nagaland

Sushant meets Nagaland CM Niephiu Rio

Sushant met Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio to discuss the current situation in the flood-stricken state. Reportedly, he canceled all his appointments for the day to meet Rio as soon as he was informed about Nagaland floods. He even shared a picture of his meeting with Rio on Instagram and thanked him for the hospitality.

Instagram Post

Here's his Instagram post

Thank you Sir for your precious time. We promise that we with our full force and determination would work incessantly till the time our #Nagaland is perfectly restored. And thank you so much for this wonderful friendship Gong, the sound surely celebrates an everlasting friendship. Thanks once again Sir for your hospitality, #MrNeiphiuRio 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Regards #honourablechiefminister #Nagaland #nagalandfloods #Peace #prayers #oneindia 🇮🇳🙏🏻❤️💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💥

A post shared by sushantsinghrajput on Sep 4, 2018 at 5:33am PDT

Why?

Nagaland CM thanked Sushant for his support

Neiphiu was overwhelmed with Sushant's willingness to help, and thanked him for visiting and donating for the flood-stricken state. He even stated that Sushant's selfless contribution is encouraging and would motivate others to come forward and support Nagaland at this crucial hour. Notably, Sushant is the only Bollywood actor who has come forward to help Nagaland so far.

Twitter Post

Sushant personally handed over the cheque to Nagaland CM

I am moved at the kind gesture made by @itsSSR and his team towards #NagalandFloods and willingness to help #Nagaland at this crucial hour. Your contribution is encouraging and I hope to see the rest of the nation come forward selflessly, to #DonateForNagaland pic.twitter.com/8ieoGohd0J
— Neiphiu Rio (@Neiphiu_Rio) September 4, 2018

Details

Earlier, Sushant made a big contribution during Kerala floods

Earlier, Sushant had also donated Rs. 1 crore on behalf of an Instagram fan towards the Kerala floods. He even shared a post about it on Instagram and thanked his fan for making him do this contribution. This was not all. He also sent his team to help with the on-ground relief work in the state.

Kedarnath shooting

Meanwhile, Sushant is busy shooting for 'Kedarnath'

Currently, Sushant is busy with shooting for his upcoming movie 'Kedarnath' opposite Sara Ali Khan. Helmed by Abhishek Kapoor, the movie is based on the 2013 Uttarakhand floods that ravaged Kedarnath. Reportedly, 'Kedarnath', which was slated to release on November 30 this year, has now been pushed to 2019 to avoid a clash with Akshay Kumar, Rajinikanth starrer '2.0'.