Thabaung, 5 August

A ceremony to provide financial aid and relief items to people whose homes were damaged by strong winds was held at the office of Department of Disaster Management in the Town of Thabaung, Pathein District, Ayeyawady Region this afternoon.

Officials from the township Department of Disaster Management handed over a total of K 7861,06 including K 650,000 for building material and K 64,706 for rice for one week and 16 relief items to 34  victims from seven households in four Villages in the Township.

Powerful winds hit Kantlant Village, Shwehleguin Village, Lahangmung Village, Leti Village in Thabaung Township on 2, 3 and 4 August and damaged two houses and flipped over the roofs of five houses.—Myo Zaw Thein, IPRD

Translated by JT