Chairman of the National Disaster Management Committee Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win made an inspection tour of Maungtaw and Buthidaung to view round rehabilitation tasks yesterday afternoon and met departmental personnel, relief teams and voluntary teams in district and township administrative offices separately.
Senior military officers were assigned in Maungtaw and Buthidaung townships to supervise rehabilitation tasks and local authorities reported on the progress of rehabilitation tasks, provisions of construction materials for damaged buildings, management for ration supply, and rapid repairing of damaged schools.
In his speech, the Vice-Senior General clarified the functioning of the disaster management centre for rehabilitation in the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha, repairing of buildings and offices on priority, evacuation of people to shelters, distribution of seeds of crops for cultivation in monsoon, the opening of schools on 1 June, management for students to learn education in repairing period, 99 per cent completion of communication measures in townships, storage of 10,000 tonnes of reserved rice (200,000 bags) before the storm, and fine traditions for soonest rehabilitation in unison and cooperation and attended to the needs of attendees. He then presented foodstuffs to departmental personnel, relief teams and voluntary teams.
The Vice-Senior General and party paid homage to members of the Sangha at monasteries in Maungtaw and Buthidaung and offered rice and alms.
The Vice-Senior General and party viewed repairing the damaged buildings at the public hospitals in Maungtaw and Buthidaung, comforted patients at these hospitals and presented foodstuffs and cash assistance.
While in Maungtaw and Buthidaung, the Vice-Senior General met with Tatmadaw members and families of local battalions, members of border guard police force and families, fulfilled their needs and presented foodstuffs and cash assistance. — MNA/TTA
