$13m EU aid for flood victims of Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Friday, 31 August 2007
The European Union (EU) will provide US$13 million (1.3 crore) in emergency aid to the flood victims of Bangladesh, India and Nepal, reports UNB.
The report quoting EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel did not mention the share of assistance to Bangladesh, which will be given in the forms of food rations, drinking water and emergency shelter.
The aid to be disbursed by the United Nations agencies and the Red Cross will also be spent on preventing outbreak of diseases.
EU aid experts had visited the flood-affected countries in early August to assess the extent of damage. The experts reported that about five million households had been affected by flooding in India and more than one million in Bangladesh.
In Nepal, more than 0.35 million people had been displaced due to the floods.
The floods also caused widespread damage to crops, erosion and death of livestock. Torrential rains in early August across much of northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal bloated rivers and submerged villages and farmland, killing more than 2,000 people and stranding millions more.
A BSS report adds: Expatriate Bangladeshi nationals in Canada have donated $9,000 for the flood victims of the country.
Leaders of the Bangladeshi community handed over a cheque for the amount to Acting High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Ottawa, said a press release.
Community leaders M Abdul Hannan, Syed Sajjadur Rahman, Mizan Rahman, Emdad Khan and Rasheda Newaz were present on the occasion.
The report quoting EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel did not mention the share of assistance to Bangladesh, which will be given in the forms of food rations, drinking water and emergency shelter.
The aid to be disbursed by the United Nations agencies and the Red Cross will also be spent on preventing outbreak of diseases.
EU aid experts had visited the flood-affected countries in early August to assess the extent of damage. The experts reported that about five million households had been affected by flooding in India and more than one million in Bangladesh.
In Nepal, more than 0.35 million people had been displaced due to the floods.
The floods also caused widespread damage to crops, erosion and death of livestock. Torrential rains in early August across much of northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal bloated rivers and submerged villages and farmland, killing more than 2,000 people and stranding millions more.
A BSS report adds: Expatriate Bangladeshi nationals in Canada have donated $9,000 for the flood victims of the country.
Leaders of the Bangladeshi community handed over a cheque for the amount to Acting High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Ottawa, said a press release.
Community leaders M Abdul Hannan, Syed Sajjadur Rahman, Mizan Rahman, Emdad Khan and Rasheda Newaz were present on the occasion.