India grand Indian Rs.one billion for IDPs

Indian will provide a grant of one billion Indian rupees to Sri Lanka to provide humanitarian relief assistance to innocent civilians rescued from the LTTE.

Reports from India said the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the special grant to provide relief measures to the innocent civilians who have been evacuated from the no fire zone.

“Sri Lankan forces will now confine their attempts to rescue the civilians who remain and give foremost priority in saving them. This is an important first step in addressing concerns for the safety and security of Tamil civilians and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) trapped in the conflict zone.

The need of the hour is for urgent steps to ameliorate the humanitarian situation of those who have come out from conflict zone as well as to bring the remaining civilians and IDPs in the No Fire Zone out to safety,” the statement from India said.