UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., June 23—The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said here today that he had made helicopter inspections of areas disrupted by civil strife in East Pakistan and had found that “life is slowly returning to normal.”

The commissioner, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, warned, however, that relief and rehabilitation needs of colossal dimensions faced world community.

He said that the $45‐million given or pledged by governments to care for Pakistani refugees now in India had been used up and that the Indian authorities expected they would need far more than the $175‐million estimated earlier to cover a six‐month period.