“Use Durga Puja funds to rebuild the state”: Director Shoojit Sircar appeals to Durga puja organisers

Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar on Tuesday appealed to varied Durga Puja organising committees to choose a low-key celebration this year and use the funds to rebuild the state which was recently hit by Cyclone Amphan.

Leaving 98 people dead and causing large-scale destruction to property in West Bengal and Odisha, the tropical cyclone struck several districts of the 2 states on May 20.

Sircar requested the organisers of the Durga Puja, one among the most important annual festivals in West Bengal which is probably going to be held in October, to donate all the expenses for a far better cause.

“An appeal to all or any or any Durga Pujo and Kali Pujo organizers: A humble request to all organizers to not be extravagant for celebration and rather use all expenses for donation for rebuilding and relief of the cyclone affected areas,” the “Gulabo Sitabo” director wrote on Twitter.

The cyclone left behind a trail of destruction by uprooting trees, destroying thousands of homes and swamping low-lying areas of the state.