Mumbai: While many are baying for blood and revenge after the Pulwana terror attack, there are many more silent warriors who have contributed to the funds of bharatkeveer. gov.in, the official site for contributing to the bravehearts and Bharatkeveer corpus fund. In just two days, from February 14-16, the site has witnessed heavy traffic and the corpus fund increased by Rs 6 crore.
The site was launched on April 9, 2017 and has received Rs 35 crore in contributions. Vijay Kumar, DIG, CRPF, in a telephonic interview, shared, this contribution has been unprecedented. “We have never received so many contributions in one day, till now. In the first five hours, we received Rs 3 lakh, then on an average Rs 1-1.5 lakh per hour, with a collection of Rs 3 crore to Rs 3.5 crore each day,” said DIG Kumar.
However, there are some technical glitches posing a hurdle to donors. This has, of course, added to the troubles of the DIG too, who has been answering queries and many a complaint until early in the morning, trying to lend a patient ear to the complainants, since the site has slowed on account of the heavy traffic. “I have been answering nearly 100 calls a day for the last two days. I have to attend these calls, it is our fault our site has not been competent enough to handle such heavy traffic. Some of the callers have sounded upset but we can understand their sentiment,” said DIG Kumar.
The contribution is literally per second, he says. “We never thought there would be a day when we would get hits (for contribution) per second, that so many people would come forward to contribute. The agency which launched our site has accepted its shortcoming and is working round the clock to get it done faster,” he said. Had the site been running efficiently, the collection would have been double the amount. “Believe me, had the site been running faster, our total collection so far would have crossed Rs 12-15 crore,” said DIG Kumar.
source: The Free Press Journal