Indian Motion Picture Producers Association Requests Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray And BMC Commissioner To Set Up Vaccination Centres For Their Members
Indian Motion Picture Producers Association(IMPPA) plans to write a letter to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and BMC Commissioner to set up vaccination centres for its members
While the second wave of COVID-19 has impacted the nation in the worst way, India has also encouraged the citizens to get vaccinated against the virus at the earliest. Now Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) plans to write to Maharashtra's Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal to have vaccination centres to be installed for their members and producers. The statement of this decision was released by IMPPA’s president TP Aggarwal.
Statement shed light on how members of the association survived the first lockdown imposed in 2020; their latest statement saw the association planning to request the government for vaccination centres for their members. The statement read, “The lockdown last year was a very big blow for all our producer members and they were having hardships in surviving in view of which IMPPA through its IMPPA Welfare Trust provided emergency financial relief to all members directly in their bank accounts on 3 occasions May, June and July 2020. Now the situation after Lockdown 2 has become more serious due to all opportunities of work and income being closed and the virus spreading at alarming rate.”
The statement also mentioned they will be obliged if the government gives a nod to their request, the statement continues, “In view of the above circumstances and in view of the difficulties faced by our 6,000 members, IMPPA has decided to write letter to Chief Minister of Maharashtra and BMC Commissioner to request them to kindly organize a vaccination camp exclusively for our members at our cost and we will be very obliged to the Government and the BMC if they accede to our request and set up a camp for vaccination of our members.”
Also IMPPA has once again decided to help its members by depositing Rs. 3000 in their bank account, keeping in mind the shoots being affected with lockdown imposed in Maharashtra. "In view of the financial hardships being faced by our members, IMPPA has once again decided in its meeting dated May 9 to provide financial relief directly in their bank account immediately after receiving their application for relief provided by IMPPA. The amount would be Rs 3000 that will be deposited in the accounts of its members,” further read the statement. ALSO READ: Film Industry To Abide By The 15 Days Curfew Regulations; FWICE Demands Financial Help From Maharashtra CM For Daily Wage Workers
On the concluding note, the statement has encouraging words for the government that the country will get rid of COVID-19 if worked together. "We request the Government and BMC to kindly allot a special vaccination camp for our members for which we will be highly obliged and we assure all our members that we always are with them in both good days and bad days and they can rely on us. We are sure that together we can and we will get rid of the corona which has been haunting this country for 2 years," the statement mentioned. ALSO READ: FWICE Requests CM Uddhav Thackeray To Not Impose Lockdown; Says 'Entertainment Industry Has Still Not Recovered From The Losses Incurred Due To First Lockdown'
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