He might have played villain in few films on the big screen, but, cut to off screen, actor Sonu Sood is no less than a superhero. The Dabangg star is acting like a messiah for all the stranded migrant workers by helping them reach their homes safely.
The actor is arranging buses that can carry migrants, who have been impacted the most due to COVID-19 lockdown, back to their homes. For the past two months, the actor, along with his childhood friend Niti Goel, has been actively involved in helping the workers who have been left with no option but to walk miles to their state homes.
“It gave me sleepless nights when I saw visuals of people walking hundreds of kilometres to reach their villages,” the actor told the media.
He is the first B-town celebrity to arrange hundreds of buses and food for daily wage workers amid the lockdown.
“I thought how could we be so ungrateful to the people who built our homes, our roads. In fact, they are the ones who run the whole country. They are the real heartbeat of the nation. So, how can we let them walk on the roads and just ignore it thinking that if it is not affecting me, why should I bother. So, I spoke to a few migrant labourers and requested them to give me one or two days so that I can get all permissions to send them back home. I assured them that I will make their journey back home as peaceful as possible,” he shared in ana interview.
“When I was bidding them goodbye, I was moved to see the smile on their faces and tears in their eyes. I felt that these are the only 350 migrant labourers who have reached home, but there may be millions more who are struggling to reach to their villages. So, I started connecting with a lot of government offices in UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. Finally, I was able to send few more batches of migrant labourers to their homes safely. And as we are talking now, 12,000 people have already reached their native places. I have already made arrangements for another 45,000 workers. I think I was blessed by the Almighty to carry on this task of helping them reach their homes peacefully.”