“The EU is determined to start helping people in need with no further delay and provides an initial funding of €500,000 for India and €1,100,000 to support the immediate response in Bangladesh,” EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, said in a statement. The storm caused Tk 11 billion in damage to housing, infrastructure, fisheries and livestock, water resources and agriculture in Bangladesh, according to initial government estimates. Cyclone Amphan collapsed the dam in ward No. Photo: Tomzid Mollick“My thoughts are with the brave people who have been affected by tropical cyclone Amphan and especially those who have lost their loved ones. “A crisis on top of a crisis, so to say,” the Slovenian diplomat said.

Source: bd News24 May 26, 2020 14:26 UTC