New Delhi: India has decided to respond immediately with a comprehensive relief package to help Bangladesh hit by a cyclone in which over 2300 people were killed, Parliament was informed today.

As part of the offer, India will despatch relief material including medicines, food items, milk powder, tents and blankets, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement in both Houses of Parliament.

President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have written to their Bangladeshi counterparts expressing distress over the tragedy and conveying deep condolences over the loss of lives, he said.

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said the House expresses its deep sense of sorrow over the loss of lives and property in the calamity.
The House stood in silence for a brief while in memory of those killed.

Source : PTI