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Over 3,000 volunteers of 150 non-government organizations prepared the dinner for the guests at the mass marriage for which the funds came from 100 donors.Bhalala said, “We expect the donation amount to cross Rs 50 lakh. Acceding to the call, over 10, 000 individuals took an oath at the venue of the mass marriage to donate Rs 1 per day for the families for a period of one year. The young couples supported us in keeping the programme low profile in view of the recent development.”Half of the 50,000 people who attended the mass marriage contributed to the funds being raised by SPSS for the families of CRPF martyrs. The samaj had organized a mass marriage for 262 couples at Abrama in Surat on Sunday, but its members never forgot the families of the martyrs.Thousands who had gathered at PP Savani School ground, the venue of the mass marriage, observed a two-minute silence in the memory of the CRPF martyrs before the programme. However, this time it was a sombre occasion in view of the terror attack at Pulwama..