: Who are The BTS Fans Who Raised Rs 5.9 Lakh In a Day for Assam Flood Relief? #IndiaNEWS #Assam Floods in Assam are a yearly occurrence that threaten the lives of humans and wildlife alike. Seeing

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Who are The BTS Fans Who Raised Rs 5.9 Lakh In a Day for Assam Flood Relief? #IndiaNEWS #Assam
Floods in Assam are a yearly occurrence that threaten the lives of humans and wildlife alike. Seeing the devastation of the rains, Bhavana Barman reached out to the online community for help on 15 July via a Twitter post that quickly gained momentum. Her Twitter content is mainly about the South Korean boy band ‘BTS’ also known as the Bangtan Boys whom she admires ardently.

If this doesnt break your heart, idk what will! This is in Assam, a land currently devastated by floods. Lakhs affected, more than 100 deaths! Please help!https://t. co/N6YHjFhfIB#PrayForAssam #AssamFloods2020 #assamflood #AssamFloods #AssamNeedsUs@PMOIndia @aajtak @ZeeNews pic. twitter. com/j0yr1MGl8S
— Bhavana??? (@taeconomix) July 16, 2020

Naturally, a large chunk of her followers are fans of the seven-member K-pop band and they recognise themselves as the ‘BTS ARMY’.
The tweet moved various members of the BTS ARMY into action especially in India wherein they raised close to Rs 5. 9 lakhs in just 24 hours for the Assam flood victims!
Bhavana clarifies that she did not start the campaign alone as reported by most media platforms. Instead, it a collaborative effort of the BTS ARMY community members who helped achieve the feat.
The Better India reports how the relief workers and volunteers of the BTS ARMY went about their operations inspired by the philanthropic work of the K-pop band.
BTS ARMY Moves into Action
Once Bhavana tweeted on the flood situation in Assam, a lot of BTS ARMY members not just from the Northeast but from across the country took notice.
BTS K-pop boy band from South Korea (Source/Wikimedia Commons)
“We had a personal chat group of BTS members on Twitter and Juhi, a fan from Mumbai started talking about the floods in Assam. We soon created another group of 30 members who wanted to help out for the cause. We immediately started researching on legitimate fundraising links and organisations who we could support in addition to amplifying the issue on social media platforms,??? says 20-year-old Khachuk, a student of English Honours from Lady Sri Ram college.
The volunteers including Khachuk and Bhavana soon reached out to Kukikalyani Borgohain who identifies herself as ‘Khamseng’ (her pen name for her poetry), who had been working with People for People, founded in the backdrop of the Baghjan Oil disaster to carry out the relief work.
This voluntary organisation had previously raised about Rs. 13 lakh for relief work in Assam which had inspired trust among the BTS ARMY volunteers.
They urged Khamseng to send out a link for donations where people could contribute.
Bhavanas Tweets
“On 16 July, the link went live at 1:30 p.