Kyaukse, 19 November

A ceremony to provide cash aid and relief items to fire victims was held at the meeting room of the Township General Administration Department in Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Region this afternoon.

Officials from the township Department of Disaster Management under Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement provided a total of K 14700 for purchasing rice and building materials, and rescue kit box with 16 items to fire victims in village.

Officials also provided clothes, blanket, mosquito net, towel, pots and pans, plates, cups and   soaps worth K 34753 to seven fire victims from a household in the Village.

Fire broke out on 18 November in Pintale Village and totally destroyed the house. But no casualties were reported.—Thet Maung(Kyaukse)

Translated by JT