Mumbai, October 20: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who had campaigned for polio vaccination, is happy that his “tireless” efforts have yielded results and the actor has hinted that he may carry on with the project.
“I have worked tirelessly for the eradication of polio in certain distinct parts of our country. I am informed that in UP and in Bihar, the two prominent regions where polio still abounds, the number of polio strains that were at one time six in number, have now been reduced to just one and for this they have been complimenting our rigorous campaigns,” Bachchan wrote in his blog.
The 67-year-old actor, who is the goodwill ambassador for United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has been campaigning for polio eradication since 2002 and is likely to carry on with the campaign.
–Agencies