Sunday, January 2 2005 15:43 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Chennai: Karnataka Government today (Jan 2, 2005) handed over a cheque of Rs 2 crore to Tamil Nadu as its "token" contribution for Tsunami affected people of the State.

The cheque was handed over by Karnataka Minister M B Prakash to the State Finance Minister C Ponnaiyan, at the secretariat, an official release said in Chennai.

In a letter to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, which was also handed over, the Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh said he was "deeply shocked and grieved" to know about the devastating natural calamity and heavy destruction to property caused by the tidal waves.

"The people of Karnataka would like to stand by their unfortunate brethren in Tamil Nadu in their hour of distress," he said while forwarding the cheque, the release added.