Salman Khan begins transferring money to daily wage workers, makes initial payments of Rs 3000 for each

FWICE President said that Salman Khan has transferred Rs 3000 in the bank accounts of each daily wage worker. The actor will do it in installments to avoid the misuse of the money.

Salman Khan had recently pledged to financially support 25,000 daily wage workers.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has started the process of transferring funds into the accounts of daily wage workers of the film industry, the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE) said on Wednesday.

The actor had recently pledged to financially support 25,000 daily wage workers who have been badly hit by the 21-day lockdown to contain the coronavirus spread in the country.

According to FWICE President B N Tiwari, Salman has made an initial payment of Rs 3,000 each to the daily wage workers of the film industry, starting Tuesday.

"We had given him the final list of 23,000 workers so far, who were in dire need of financial help. He is going to transfer money in installments as he doesn't want people to misuse it. He has transferred about Rs 3,000 to every worker yesterday and he will transfer money again after some time. We are thankful to him for helping our workers," Tiwari told PTI.

A source close to Salman said the superstar will continue to support the workers until the situation improves in the country.

"We have started the process on Tuesday. We will give sufficient money to workers monthly, we will also give money next month and if the situation is still the same, we will continue to financially help the workers till it doesn't return to normalcy," the source said.

FWICE President said Yash Raj Films has also provided financial help of Rs 5,000 to around 3,000 workers.