Hyderabad: Ace producer Aditya Chopra has come forward for a vaccination drive for 30,000 registered workers, who are members of the film industry's federation in Mumbai.
According to a leading webloid report, Aditya Chopra has urged the Maharashtra CM to allow his company to purchase 60,000 COVID-19 vaccines and take care of all the expenses related to the immunisation programme for these workers.
Chopra's banner Yash Raj Films has also written to the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) regarding the vaccination drive for daily wage workers in the Hindi film industry.
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The letter reads, "With the film industry going through an unprecedented time, there is an urgent need to restart at the earliest so that thousands of workers can start earning their livelihood again and protect their families. Through The Yash Chopra Foundation, Yash Raj Films would like to offer its support in this regard. We have sent a request to the Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra to allocate and allow us to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for 30,000 registered workers, who are members of the film industry's federation in Mumbai at the earliest."
It further read as "The Yash Chopra Foundation will bear all other costs too associated with vaccinating the workers such as raising awareness, transportation of workers & setting up of all the required infrastructure for the immunisation programme. We hope our kind request is approved which will enable our members to be safe and also get them back to work at the earliest."
