Actor Pawan Kalyan announces Rs 50 lac for cyclone relief work

Telugu actor and founder president of Jana Sena Party Pawan Kalyan today announced Rs 50 lakh to the Chief Minister's relief fund for taking up relief operations in the aftermath of cyclone Hudhud in Andhra Pradesh.

"I am deeply anguished by the calamity that has swept through Vizag and North Andhra. The plight of lakhs of people who have been destabilised is unimaginable. My heart aches for them," Pawan Kalyan said in a release here.

"It is in times like these that we should step forward beyond parties and politics and come together as one force to overcome this calamity. Even as all efforts are being made by the Central and State governments, as an individual I will be handing over Rs 50 lakh towards the CM Relief Fund," he added.

The actor said he will visit the affected areas to extend his support and solidarity to the affected people, and appealed to all his fans and supporters to step out and participate in the relief operations and do their best to bring in normalcy at the earliest.