Hyderabad: The role I played during the pandemic is the most important part of my life and I can’t forget those moments, said Film Star, Good Samaritan, Sonu Sood here on Wednesday evening.
Addressing the thousand-plus audience attended a felicitation programme organised by Cyberabad Police and Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) here to recognise and appreciate all those who helped society through policy in various ways during the pandemic, Sonu Sood said that they were the real heroes.
“I had no clue when I started helping people. Soon things went out of proportion and more people wanted help, he said.
It was the most special moment to help guest workers because they were real heroes and were the reason behind all our comforts, the actor said.
In this journey, we could connect 7.26 lakh people and we helped 3500 students studying abroad to come back home, he informed.
Soon came appeals for jobs, he said we created a platform to connect corporates and other job providers.
As of date, we could provide close to two lakh people, Sonu Sood added.
While welcoming the gathering after facilitating Sonu Sood for all the good work he carried out so far, Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar said, “He could discover during the pandemic days that there were so many good and kind-hearted people in the society.”
We were the first to send guest workers back to their homes by way of special trains, he said three lakh guest workers were ferried in 40 trains to their hometowns.
Thanking all for their help, he said Cyberabad police were the first in India to set up a COVID Control Room in India just one day after the Lockdown was announced. The Center received 3000 calls a day.
We were able to stop the commercialisation of plans by setting up Plasma Hotline, Sajjanar said.
We were able to mobilise 8000 units of plasma and now the demand for it has come down drastically, he added.
Besides felicitating hundreds of organisations, individuals too were felicitated for all their help during the pandemic, Sonu Sood also felicitated DCPs, ACPs, Senior police officers in Cyberabad limits on the occasion.
SCSC Secretary Krishna Yedula highlighted that they were able to provide 15 lakh meals and distribute 1.85 lakh grocery kits during the lockdown.
Singer Smitha, Music Director Anup Ruben graced and spoke on the occasion. (UNI)
