Floods Affect Tibetan Settlers Near Choglamsar: Report[Saturday, 7 August 2010, 4:18 p.m.]

A collapsed building is seen after flash floods occurred in Leh/AP Photo

Dharamshala:
Sonamling Tibetan Settlement’s camp no. 10 and 4, located near
Choglamsar in Ladakh, have been badly affected by devastating floods
which hit the region on Thursday night.“Fortunately, there has
been no report of any Tibetan killed till date,” a senior official of
the Central Tibetan Administration’s home department in Dharamsala said
today.“We have sent urgent
instruction to the settlement officer and concerned staff to take stock
of the situation, and apprise the chief minister and local officials
about the problems during their visits,” Joint Secretary Tsering Topgyal said.
“We directed our officials to get detail reports from each and every
Tibetan family, and to use every available means of information like
videos and photographs to apprise us of the situation. Plans are afoot
to send staff from the head office to help in the relief effort,” he
added.“There are unconfirmed media reports about death of three members of a Tibetan family among those killed around capital Leh,” he said.Tibetans will offer prayers for the victims at the main Buddhist temple Tsuglagkhang in Dharamsala on Sunday at 9:00 am.At least 115 people have been killed and over 500 others injured so far, media reports say.