The World Punjabi Organisation (WPO) has donated Rs 51 lakh to Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) to support its charitable activities during the Covid 19 crisis for the service of mankind and humanity.
Vikramjit Singh Sahney, International President of WPO said that out of the total amount, Rs 40 lakhs has been provided for meeting expenses relating to expenses of the religious preachers like Granthis, Ragis, and administrative staff while Rs 11 lakh will be used in providing daily free food to needy persons in national Capital.
Earlier Vikramjit Sahney had distributed 10,000 Ration Kits for needy and deprived classes in various parts of the national capital to meet the ration needs of the migrant laboures and marginal sections of society.
Sahney, who is philanthropists himself has contributed Rs 22 lakhs, while Taranjit Singh, President WPO Calcutta, and Chairman JIM University donated Rs 21 lakh and MS Kohli, President WPO Montreal Canada donated Rs 7.5 lakh.
DSGMC President Manjinder Singh Sirsa thanked Vikramjit Sahney and
other WPO donors for their generous contribution in a time when Gurdwaras are facing a resource crunch due to lockdown.