CorporateK'taka seeks additional Rs 2,000cr immediate aid
Welcoming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh"s announcement of Rs 1,000 crore assistance to flood-hit Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today sought an additional Rs 2,000 crore for providing relief to the lakhs of victims of the rain fury in northern districts.
Yeddyurappa, who accompanied the Prime Minister in an aerial survey of some of the villages of the district which bore the brunt of the flood devastation, told reporters here that he requested Singh for early sanctioning of another Rs 2,000 crore.