Amid the Coronavirus crisis, communities are doing their best to provide assistance in whichever way they can.
Recently, a post started doing the rounds on social media with a claim that Sri Harmandir Sahib i.e the Golden Temple has pledged to bear the cost of the personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators required by the state of Punjab.
The post was shared by multiple users on social media.
Commendable Gesture !
Sri Harmandir Sahib, Golden Temple,
Amritsar
To bear full cost of Ventilators and PPE requirement of entire Punjab state.
Money donated by public will be utilised for public welfare purposes !!
Taking this kind of lead
AS ALWAYS !!!
🙏🙏🏻🙏🏻
— Col Tekpal Singh (@ColTekpal) April 13, 2020
Sri Harmandir Sahib,Golden Temple, Amritsar to bear full cost of Ventilators & PPE requirement of entire Punjab state
Something all religious institutions across the world must consider !
During war or peace, the sikh community has lead by example & led from the front #Respect pic.twitter.com/oGuoJBaOKr— Prithvi Reddy (@aapkaprithvi) April 14, 2020
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found the claim to be false.
We ran a search using relevant keywords and found reports by some websites but couldn’t find any authentic report by any leading media houses.
NewsMobile then contacted the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, who denied the claim.
Talking to NewsMobile, a member of SGPC said, “This is not true. We are not donating PPEs or ventilators.”
This proves that the viral claim is false.
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