Donations given to flood victims; Relief and clean-up efforts ongoing

 

In Nay Pyi Taw Council Area and various states and regions, water levels in creeks and rivers have risen due to continuous heavy rainfall, resulting in widespread flooding in wards and villages. Roads, bridges, electricity distribution posts, and buildings have collapsed or been damaged.

Authorities and rescue teams have been assisting flood victims by evacuating residents from affected wards and villages. On 14 September, Tatmadaw members, police, firefighters, departmental officials, and charity and civil society associations conducted evacuation and relief measures, and delivered food and supplies to people in Lewe, Pyinmana, Zeyathiri, and Pobbathiri townships in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area. Additionally, personnel have cleared silt, broken tree branches, and debris from roads and bridges in the affected areas.

As repairs to damaged roads and bridges continue, the Thaikchaung and Nawinchaung bridges in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area were replaced with iron frame Bailey bridges on 14 September. Furthermore, the bridge over Sinthay Creek, which connects Zeyathiri Township and Pobbathiri Township, has been replaced with a temporary Bailey ridge, with construction completed on the afternoon of 14 September.

Temporary relief camps have been established in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory and various states and regions, providing necessary healthcare services, food, and drinking water. Families of the Defence Services (Army, Navy, and Air), departmental personnel, and donors are contributing rice boxes, drinking water, and other foodstuffs.

Regional and state chief ministers, Lt-Gen Phone Myat from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army), commanders of relevant commands, and departmental officials have visited the affected areas to offer words of encouragement to flood victims.

Flooding has affected 462 villages and wards in 64 townships in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, Bago, Mandalay, and Ayeyawady regions, as well as Mon, Kayin, and Shan (South and East) states. As of the evening of 13 September, the floods have resulted in 74 deaths and 89 people missing. Search and rescue operations are ongoing and led by authorities and search and rescue workers. In the flood-stricken areas, a total of 32,645 feet in length of roads, 24 bridges, 375 schools, one monastery, five dams, four pagodas, 14 transformers, 456 lamp-posts, and 65,759 houses have been destroyed.

MNA/TMT

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