Minhla, 3 May
A ceremony to provide financial aid to people whose homes were damaged by strong wind was held at the meeting room of the township General Administration Department in Minhla, Tharrawaddy District, Bago Region this morning.
At the event, staff officer of the township Department of Disaster Management U Min Thu Maung handed over K 140000 to six households whose homes were flipped over by strong wind in the Township. Then, an official also provided K 112600 and a rescue kit box with 16 items to a household whose home was destroyed by powerful wind.
Afterwards, officials provided K 114700 and rescue kit box with 16 items to victims of strong wind in Bawdigon Village in Minhla Township. Powerful wind hit some villages in Minhla Township on 1 May and damaged eight houses.—Pauk Sa (Minhla)
Translated by JT