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Battle Against Corona: OCA Prez Donates Rs 1 Cr to CMRF

Bhubaneswar: President, Odisha Cricket Association (OCA), and chairman, MGM Minerals Limited, Pankajlochan Mohanty has donated Rs one crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) to help Odisha battle the deadly coronavirus.

Mohanty responded to CM Naveen Patnaik’s appeal to all individuals and organisations to support the war against COVID-19 and transferred the sum via RTGS to the CMRF account, company sources said.

On Wednesday, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly donated rice worth Rs 50 lakh for the needy while Cricket Association of Bengal and its president Avisekh Dalmia donated Rs 25 lakh and Rs five lakh respectively to the West Bengal government to fight coronavirus.

OB Bureau

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