After offering to help two daughters of a farmer in Chittoordistrict of Andhra Pradesh, who were forced to pull the plough to aid theirfather in farming amid novel coronavirus lockdown, actor Sonu Sood delivered onhis promise today.

The actor became aware of the farmer Nageswara Rao and hisfamily's situation and offered to help the daughters after a video of girlspulling the plough like oxen became viral on social media and caught hisattention.

In a tweet earlier, Sood posted, "Let the girls focus ontheir education," and said he would provide them a tractor to help themfight the crisis.

"This family doesn't deserve a pair of ox. They deservea Tractor. So sending you one. By evening a tractor will be ploughing yourfields. Stay blessed," he tweeted.

The tractor has been delivered to the family late Sundayevening.

Praising the actor for his generous gesture in providinghelp to the needy, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and TDP leader N.Chandrababu Naidu applauded him for his inspiring effort. In a tweet, Naidualso extended his help for the family and said that he would be taking care ofthe education of the two daughters. Due to the pandemic, people lost theiremployment and income. Farmers have no money for agriculture and Nageswara Raois one such farmer from Rajuvaripalle village, Madanapalle Mandal in Chittoordistrict. He has no money to hire a tractor or oxen. So, his family joined inand started cultivation on their own. While the daughters, Vennela and Chandanapulled the plough, Nageswara Rao and his wife sowed the seeds.

Vennela, the elder daughter said, "We were residing inMadanapalli for the last 15 years and had a tea stall there. After the lockdownwas implemented, we closed our stall and stayed in our residence for a month.With little money left, we returned to our native village in Rajuvaripalle. Butwe did not have enough money to hire tractors to cultivate the land. So, westarted helping our father," as reported by news agency ANI