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.