Tibetan aid for Nepal quake victims

Dharamsala, April 26: The Tibetan government in-exile here on Sunday expressed its grief over the loss of lives in Nepal following a massive earthquake that jolted the Himalayan tion on Saturday and announced it was sending aid for relief work. While expressing grief and sadness, Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay said: “At this dark and painful time, words fail to convey how deeply we feel for the people affected in Nepal, Tibet and India.” The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has decided to dote Nepali rupees 20 lakh as a token of contribution towards rescue and relief efforts in Nepal, a statement said. It also instructed its representatives abroad and the settlement officers to collect dotions from their respective areas towards relief efforts in Nepal. Sangay said: “On behalf of the CTA and the entire Tibetan people, I express my profound sympathies and condolences to those who have lost their loved ones and whose lives have been severely devastated by this horrific tural calamity.” “Our sincere prayers are with the people affected by the earthquake and the governments at this time of tiol tragedy.”  (IANS)