RELIEF efforts have been underway in Myitkyina since the evening of 31 May, with ten flood relief camps assisting 4,020 people from 810 households, as the Ayeyawady River, having risen about 10 feet that morning, remains at 1,105 centimetres — 95 centimetres below the danger level of 1,200 centimetres— causing flooding in low-lying areas.
Under the supervision of the state government, Kachin State Chief Minister U Khet Htein Nan inspected flood relief camps, assessed the efforts of state government members in carrying out relief work, reviewed readiness of rescue boats and equipment, evaluated arrangements for swift evacuations, and observed search and rescue operations using boats. He urged flood relief teams to continuously monitor the situation, inform the public, conduct timely search and rescue operations, and presented awards to the rescue teams.
He also inspected the flood relief camp at No 12 Basic Education High School in Lekon (Zeelun) Ward, reviewing the conditions of 1,228 evacuated people from 151 households. He delivered encouraging speeches to the flood victims and provided them with rice, oil, eggs, instant noodles, porridge sachets, and drinking water for their families.
Afterwards, the Chief Minister, accompanied by Commander of the Northern Command Maj-Gen Aung Zaw Htwe, and senior Tatmadaw officers, looked into the systematic deployment of Tatmadaw members and firefighters for search and rescue operations, the readiness of rescue boats and vehicles, and the flood rescue camp opened at Aungzay Yanaung Monastery, where over 500 people from 122 households had been relocated. — MNA/TH
