Ahmedabad: Savji Dholakia, the owner of Hari Krishna Heera Company, has once again come into the limelight after receiving the country’s fourth highest civilian honor (Padma Shri). Savji Dholakia, 59, who lives in Surat, is getting a lot of praise on social media. Actually, Savji Dholakia was gifted a helicopter worth Rs 50 crore by his family. At the same time, Dholakia decided to donate it for social work. He donated the helicopter to Surat to be used in case of medical and other emergencies.
According to reports, Dholakia wanted to gift helicopters to the people of Surat for a long time. When his family members gave him a helicopter as a surprise gift. So he immediately decided to donate it. Savji Dholakia, a Padma Shri awardee, said that I did not know that my family was going to give me such a big surprise gift. I couldn’t turn down a gift from my family, so I wholeheartedly decided to donate it for social causes.
Dholakia further said that Surat is the financial capital of Gujarat. But, Surat does not have any helicopters. That’s why I have taken this decision. In this way, I am dedicating this gift to the people of Surat and for the social cause.
Savji Dholakia is working for water conservation and digging ponds in the water-scarce Saurashtra region. He has constructed more than 75 ponds around his native village in Lathi taluka of Amreli district in Saurashtra. All these ponds have been built on the barren government land in different villages like Akala, Dudhla, Lathi village, etc.
Dholakia remains in the headlines due to noble deeds. He had earlier given 500 cars, 471 jewelry sets, and 280 two-bedroom flats to his employees as a loyalty program. There are a total of 5,500 employees in Dholakia’s company and the annual turnover of the company is more than Rs 6000 crore.
Savji Dholakia left school at the age of just 13. After this, he came to Surat in the year 1977 by a government bus of the state. Then he had only 12.50 rupees. But, today he has assets worth crores. He has achieved this position today because of his hard work. Now he has become the most influential person in the diamond industry and also in the city of Surat.
