By EuAsiaNews,
New Delhi : In its third financial contribution, the European Commission (EC) committed a further 2 million euro to assist with rehabilitation activities for the Indian flood victims in Bihar.
The EC humanitarian aid for Bihar now totals 6.5 million euro since the Kosi River embankment collapsed in neighboring Nepal last August causing heavy flooding in the area.
“There is a strong commitment on the part of the European Commission towards India,” said Ambassador Danièle Smadja, the Head of Delegation for the European Commission to India, in press statements.
“We have not only helped with immediate relief in the early stages of the flood crisis, but we are now assisting with pertinent recovery activities which will help the vulnerable population of Bihar to get back to where they were before the floods,” she noted.
The floods affected more than four million people in India and Nepal. At least two million people were displaced from their homes and an estimated 150,000 hectares of crops were destroyed.