New Delhi: 'Bharat Ke Veer' portal for receiving donations for the security forces has slowed down due to a heavy surge in traffic on the website thanks to overwhelming support for the CRPF personnel killed in Pulwama terror attack. A BSF spokesperson said on Saturday “The Ministry of Home Affairs expresses gratitude for the overwhelming support for Pulwama martyrs on Bharat Ke Veer, our web portal for your donations. The portal is experiencing a heavy surge of visitors due to which it is slowing down,”.

It is to be noted that to donate to the families of the martyrs, visit the website or download the app - Bharat Ke Veer - at bharatkeveer.gov.in. It is to be noted that the 'Bharat Ke Veer' initiative was launched in April 2017 by the Ministry of Home Affairs with a purpose to enable citizens to help the families of soldiers by donating money online. The donated money will either directly reach to the individual braveheart's account or it can also be transferred to the Bharat Ke Veer corpus fund.

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He said “We request patience while we work on technical solutions,”. The contributions in 'Bharat ke Veer' are exempted from income tax. After the attack, a number of corporate houses and individuals have come in support of the dead personnel and their families. As many as 40 CRPF jawans were killed when a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based  JeM terror outfit rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the convoy of security forces in Pulwama. They were 2,500 in all and were travelling to Srinagar in 78 buses from Jammu.

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