Minbu, 5 August

Flood victims from Minbu Township, Magway Region were furnished with cash assistance by local authorities. The event was held at a religious edifice of a monastery in Minbu Township yesterday afternoon. 

On the occasion, Magway Region MP U Kyaw Ngwe, Township Administrator U Thein Zaw Kan, Head of the township fire brigade U Sein Tun, and an official from the Department of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement presented K 2,100 each 1,780 flood victims from 541 households totaling over K 3.7 million. 

Two more families from Ward-1 and Letpandaw Village moved to a temporary relief camp on August 4 due to floodwaters from the Ayeyawady River. The number of people sheltering at temporary rescue camps in the township has reached 1,791 so far.—Maung Maung (Minbu)

Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe