October 10th, 2009 
admin Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday wound up his two-day aerial survey of flood devastation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and granted interim relief of Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 billion) to each state.
“I announce an interim relief of Rs.1,000 crore for Karnataka. For the 226 precious lives lost in the flash floods and rain havoc, I have already announced compensation of Rs.100,000 to the next of kin of the victims,” he said ata press conference in Raichur, about 400 km from Karnataka capital Bangalore.
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