NRI donates Rs 1,35,000 to deaf & dumb school

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, June 7

A US-based NRI, Dr Sukhdev Singh Grover, member, Foundation for World Health, has donated Rs 1,35,000 (US dollars 2000) to Mahant Gurbanta Dass School for deaf and dumb.

This is the sixth year in a row that Dr Grover has sent the money for this institution. A successful chest specialist in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Dr Grover hails from Mehma Sawai village in Bathinda and is known by local residents as a voluntary social worker who has always come for help when it comes to the betterment of society.

Dr Grover’s nephew, Tinku Grover, gave the cheque on his behalf to the Deputy Commissioner, Diprava Lakra, and Red Cross secretary Naveen Gadwal.

The Deputy Commissioner and the secretary appreciated the gesture which came in the shape of donation and said the money would be used to provide more facilities to students.