Aaditya Thackeray, the son of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, and superstar Akshay Kumar gifted a public toilet to the people residing in Juhu area in Mumbai.
Thackeray, who is the president of Yuva Sena – the youth wing of Shiv Sena, took to Twitter to announce the “small contribution”.
Thanking the cinestar, Thackeray wrote that the toilet is just the beginning of efforts to make Mumbai a better city. He wrote that the contribution will add to the efforts of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
“Tweeps, @akshaykumar ji & I have made a small contribution to our dear city. We chose to add privately to the efforts of the BMC by making a public toilet in Juhu, handed it over to the BMC now. Small contribution but just the beginning! (1/2),” he wrote.
Tweeps, @akshaykumar ji & I have made a small contribution to our dear city. We chose to add privately to the efforts of the BMC by making a public toilet in Juhu, handed it over to the BMC now. Small contribution but just the beginning! (1/2) pic.twitter.com/WYuEneAJRu
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) April 3, 2018
Thackeray praised Akshay for being a real life hero and hailed his work towards empowering women through self-defence classes and by fitting 100 sanitary pad machines.
“I’m very very thankful to @akshaykumar ji for being such an ever inspiring friend & a real life hero in contributing to the society. Free self defence classes for women (more than 15k girls trained till date), our mission of fitting 100 sanitary pad machines & now this!” wrote the 27-year-old leader.
I’m very very thankful to @akshaykumar ji for being such an ever inspiring friend & a real life hero in contributing to the society. Free self defence classes for women (more than 15k girls trained till date), our mission of fitting 100 sanitary pad machines & now this! pic.twitter.com/tBbvUR2ds1
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) April 3, 2018
The portable toilet is made from a container and has separate sections for males and females.
Akshay Kumar has been receiving praises for his movies dealing with the problems faced by women in the society.
Through movies such as ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ (2017) and ‘Pad Man’ (2018), the 50-year-old actor has helped bring greater awareness about menstrual hygiene and open defecation.