Rehabilitation Supplies Dispatched to Rakhine State

Under the guidance of the National Disaster Management Committee, the Transport and Communications Work Committee plans and supervises the transport of rehabilitation materials to Rakhine State by cars, vessels, and planes. In this regard,

• On 11 December, the MV Charity vessel delivered a cargo of 657 tonnes of Lip-Channel steel, 85 tonnes of iron, 24,000 pieces of brick, eight transformers, six vehicles, seven tonnes of furniture, 20,290 bags of rice and 310 barrels of palm oil, totalling 2,093.035 tonnes, provided by the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Electric Power, and Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief, and Resettlement, to Sittwe.
• On 12 December, the MV Venus vessel transported a cargo of 100 tonnes of Lip-Channel steel, 620.54 tonnes of rebar steel, 17,700 ten-foot brick roofing sheets, four transformers, four concrete mixers, 150,000 roof hooks, and 1640.09 tonnes of rough sawn wood, totalling 2,414.14 tonnes of relief supplies, provided by the Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, to Sittwe.

Starting from 16 May to 12 December, 41 vessels including Tatmadaw naval vessels transported construction materials, electrical equipment, medicine, health devices, consumer goods, and food, totalling 60,143.656 tonnes of relief goods. Additionally, 249,762 gallons of diesel, including 199,886 gallons of Octane 92 were delivered, it is reported.

Source: MWD (13-12-2023)

• On 11 December, the MV Charity vessel delivered 2,093.035 tonnes of relief goods and the MV Venus vessel transported 2,414.14 tonnes of relief supplies to Sittwe on 12 December.