While flood-like situations and waterlogging in Delhi-NCR have been hogging the headlines, Randeep Hooda, who hails from Haryana, feels there isn’t much awareness about how rains have ravaged his home state and Punjab. The actor has been going the extra mile to help those impacted in the affected regions of these states by distributing essentials.

“People are not talking about these floods and how they’re affecting people and animals in Haryana and Punjab. So, I went on the ground to create awareness and encourage the Khalsa Aid volunteers and others to donate. Also, doing groundwork is the ultimate seva that I have admired in the Khalsa Aid volunteers since I associated with them a few years ago,” says the 46-year-old.

Although he is back in Mumbai now, he continues to be in touch with those on the ground. “I will keep donating, supporting and bringing into the public’s consciousness their (Khalsa Aid’s) relentless efforts to aid those in need,” adds the actor, last seen in Sergeant.

Having seen the situation in Haryana and Punjab, parts of which are “totally submerged in water”, Hooda gives us the details: “Farmlands have become an ocean of water, and the people staying in the fields are isolated and hard to reach. The volunteers have arranged for boats and tractors [to rescue people]; some are even swimming to provide relief to those in need. [Lack of] Drinking water, bare necessities and sanitation-related problems loom large, which might cause the loss of human and animal lives.”