The State of Maharashtra is facing severe drought conditions and there is severe water scarcity in the state.

Out of the 43,000 villages in the state, 27,723 villages have been declared drought-hit and 54 out of the 75 medium dams have been declared dry. Following the drought conditions and the rise in the number of farmer suicides, Many celebrities have come out to help .

Among them is actor Akshay Kumar, who donated a huge amount for the upliftment of the drought prone area.

The star donated Rs. 50 lakh towards the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyaan, an initiate of the Maharashtra government, which aims at making villages drought-proof by developing water harvesting techniques like construction of ponds and check dams.

This is not the first time that Akshay helped the farmers ,he previously donated Rs 90 lakh to the families of 180 farmers who had committed suicide.

Actor Nana Patekar, distributed cheques to widows of farmers who committed suicide in the state of Maharashtra.Three days ago Bollywood super star Aamir Khan has adopted two drought affected villages.


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