Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated the ‘diya jalaye’ campaign and appealed to switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm on Sunday April 5. This initiative was to mark solidarity in the country’s fight against coronavirus. Prominent personalities from the Indian film industry took part in the same with dedication. Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone and many more led the way.
Amitabh Bachchan shared pictures of him lighting a torch, mentioning a line from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poem in the caption. tweeted.
Shah Rukh Khan’s son Abram decked up their balcony with lamps made out of Legos. The video was shared by Gauri Khan,
Akshay Kumar:
Deepika Padukone,
Anushka Sharma,
Alia Bhatt,
Kartik Aaryan,
Katrina Kaif,
Sunny Leone,
Shraddha Kapoor,
Anil Kapoor,
The Prime Minister had urged people to switch off lights at their homes and light lamps, candles to “challenge the darkness spread by the corona crisis”. This was the second such mass activity undertaken by the citizens of the country after PM Modi’’s March 22 Janta curfew initiative. It had people clapping and clung utensils to express gratitude to those who have been providing essential services during this crisis.
According to the Health Ministry, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 83 and the cases climbed to 3,577 in the country on Sunday.
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