DPM MoTC Union Minister provides cash, foodstuffs to staff of affiliated departments under ministry, inspects rehabilitation processes in Rakhine State
June 1
STATE Administration Council
Member Deputy Prime Minister Union Minister for Transport and Communications
Admiral Tin Aung San provided cash and foodstuffs to the departmental staff
under the ministry who were affected Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine State and
inspected the arrival of relief items at the jetties yesterday.
First, the Deputy Prime Minister
attended the handover ceremony of cash assistance and relief items to the
departmental staff under the ministry held at the briefing hall of Phaungtawgyi
Jetty of Myanma Port Authority in Sittway Township.
During the ceremony, the Deputy
Prime Minister talked about the damage to administrative buildings of
departments and houses due to Cyclone Mocha, prioritized plans depending on the
allocation of rescue and relief items and the purpose of providing current cash
assistance.
On arrival at the Phaungtawgyi
Jetty of Myanma Port Authority, he inspected the unloading work of materials
for rehabilitation work from the Aquarius ship.
He also went to Sittway port
together with Union Minister Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung and Rakhine State Chief
Minister U Htein Lin and inspected the arrival of the naval vessel Myitkyina
and gave instructions to distribute the items to the respective storm-affected
areas systematically.
At noon, Deputy Prime Minister
Admiral Tin Aung San, Union Minister Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, Rakhine State Chief
Minister U Htein Lin and Lt-Gen Phone Myat attended the coordination meeting on
rehabilitation tasks held at the Rakhine State government office.
The Ministry of Cooperatives and
Rural Development distributes clean drinking water with mobile water
purification trucks, Life Straw water purifiers and mobile solar-powered water
purifiers in stormhit townships in Rakhine State.
The three mobile water trucks are
allotted in Sittway township while two in Yathedaung, one in Minbya township
and another three will be distributed each to Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun and MraukU
townships.
These mobile water trucks purify
800 gallons per hour and a total of 285,500 gallons of clean water is
distributed to townships, wards and villages between 16 and 31 May.
Similarly, a total of 210 Life
Straw water purifiers each of which can purify about three gallons per hour are
transported to 143 villages in Sittway, Ponnagyun, Yathedaung, Kyauktaw,
Minbya, MraukU, Pauktaw, Buthidaung, Maungtaw and Myebon townships. One water
purifier can purify water for 100 people a day.
Moreover, three solar-powered
mobile water purifiers purify water in the wards in Sittway Township and they
clean about 300 gallons per hour. Moreover, another17 solar-powered mobile
water purifiers will arrive soon and they will be transported to storm-hit
areas.
Basic education schools will be
opened on 1 June for the 2023-2024 academic year. The school enrolment week is
from 23 to 31 May and a total of 374,904 students have been admitted to basic
education schools, private schools and monastic schools (high, middle and
primary) in 17 townships of Rakhine State to date. All high, middle and primary
schools in Rakhine State will be opened on the same day. — MNA/KTZH
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