SAC Vice-Chair DPM Vice-Senior General Soe Win meets Rathedaung Township departmental staff, town elders, relief teams, voluntary teams

 

June 16

 

Chairman of the National Disaster Management Committee Vice-Chairman of State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win made an inspection tour of Rathedaung to view round rehabilitation tasks yesterday afternoon and met departmental personnel, town elders, relief teams and voluntary teams in the township administrative office.

 

First, the Rathedaung township administrative body chairman and a senior military officer assigned to supervise rehabilitation tasks reported on the damage, rehabilitation tasks and renovation processes.

 

Then, the Vice-Senior General offered appropriate instructions saying the visit to Rakhine State is to inspect the rehabilitation activities completed within one month in areas that were badly affected by the storm. The situation during the visit on 18 May and today is totally different, he added.

 

He then highlighted the management to provide rice seedlings for this season in time, repairing saltwater preventive dykes, pond cleaning measures, arrangement for students to study under safe shelters, current learning sections and distribution of rice using 10,000 tonnes of reserved rice (200,000 bags) stored before the storm in details.

 

He presented foodstuffs to departmental personnel, relief teams and voluntary teams.

 

The Vice-Senior General and party paid homage to Sayadaws and monks at Aungmyay Bodhi Dhamma Yeiktha Alotawpyae Monastery in Rathedaung and presented rice and offerings.

 

The Vice-Senior General and party also viewed repairing the damaged buildings at the public hospital in Rathedaung, comforted patients at the hospital and presented foodstuffs and cash assistance.

 

While at BEHS in Rathedaung, the Vice-Senior General and party observed the class session of students, met the teachers and fulfilled the requirements. — MNA/KTZH