His Holiness (HH) the Dalai Lama has expressed his solidarity with the victims of flooding that has claimed 71 lives in the Indian state of Assam. Whilst committing funds from the Dalai Lama Trust “towards relief and rescue efforts” HH conveyed his sadness at the “the loss of life and devastation of property” and observed that “the situation has been made even more troublesome by the continuing coronavirus pandemic”.