Chief Minister Sadanandagowda directed the finance department to release the 5 crore rupees aid immediately.
Bangalore: Karnataka government on Wednesday announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 crore to Sikkim for providing relief to earth quake victims.
Chief Minister DV Sadanandagowda directed the finance department to release the aid immediately, official sources said in Bangalore.
Seventy-three people from Sikkim alone were killed in the Sunday's powerful temblor.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's Office has announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh for the family of the deceased in Sunday's earthquake in West Bengal.
West Bengal State Disaster Management Secretary Indevar Pandey said on Wednesday that the PMO, in a communique to West Bengal chief secretary, also announced an ex-gratia of Rs one lakh to those seriously injured.
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