Sunrisers Hyderabad owners to donate Rs 30 crore towards Covid-19 relief work

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) owners have decided to donate Rs 30 crores to help in India's fight against the deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise informed on Monday.

Sun TV Network, which owns the Hyderabad-based team, took to social media to make the announcement of their donation to the Government of India and state governments.

"Sun TV Network is donating a sum of Rs.30 crores to provide relief to those affected by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be



spent on several initiatives currently under way at various states of lndia including the following: 1. Donations to the various programmes initiated by Government of India and State governments 2. Partnering with NGOs that are providing oxygen cylinders, medicines etc," SRH said in a statement.

In addition to the monetary donation, the SUN TV Network will also "leverage its resources including all its media assets to spread greater awareness among millions of our TV viewing audiences across India and rest of the world," the statement further read.