After Migrants, Sonu Sood Provides Food & Shelter To 28,000 People Affected By Cyclone Nisarga

After making a landfall in Alibagh in Raigad, Cyclone Nisarga moved towards Thane and Mumbai and caused a considerable amount of damage. Power lines were disrupted, houses and roads were destroyed, trees fell down, and a lot of underprivileged people living in the coastal regions were left homeless.

Sonu Sood, who is hailed the superhero for his dedication and work towards migrant workers, came to their rescue.

Instagram/SonuSood

Sood and his team has provided food and rehabilitation to 28,000 people living close to the coastal lines when Cyclone Nisarga made its way to Mumbai.Sood, who has been arranging transport facilities for migrant workers to return to their home safely amid the pandemic, said they have moved the people to municipality schools and colleges for safety.

BCCL

"Today, all of us are facing tough times and the best way to fight this is by being each other's strongest support system. My team and I have distributed food to over 28,000 people from the coastal areas across Mumbai and rehabilitated them in various schools and colleges. We are making sure all of them are safe," Sood was quoted as saying by PTI.

Instagram/SonuSood

Not only that, he has also helped 200 migrants from Assam, who were homeless and stranded in Mumbai due to Cyclone Nisarga. It is said that the migrants reached out to Sood on Twitter, and then he made arrangements for their stay and food.

Sonu is making sure that they will reach their homes. The Assamese migrants have been moved to shelter homes. They will be staying there until they're sent home.

Raju Shelar-Mumbai Mirror/Representational Photo

Cyclone Nisarga has turned into a depression over west Vidarbha region in Maharashtra and will weaken further, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. The cyclone had hit the coastal districts of Maharashtra from Arabian Sea with wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour (kmph) on Wednesday afternoon. Mumbai was on edge as it braced for the cyclone after a gap of 72 years.