GUWAHATI: In a letter written to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama has appreciated the relief and rescue efforts of the government and expressed his solidarity with the suffering of the people.
“The monsoon rains in Assam and other parts of India bring destruction and great suffering to people year after year,” he observed. “Unfortunately, this year the situation has been made even more troublesome by the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
“I am writing to you today to express my sadness at the loss of life and devastation of property, as well as the tremendous hardship caused to so many due to flooding in many parts of your state.
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“I appreciate that the State Government is doing everything it can to rescue those affected and that relief efforts are underway. As a gesture of solidarity with the people of Assam, I am making a donation from the Dalai Lama Trust towards relief and rescue efforts,” the spritual leader stated in the letter.
Currently, around 40 lakh people in 27 districts of Assam are affected by the floods. Meanwhile, 71 people have died due in the calamity and 26 have been killed in landslides till July 16.
