The National Natural Disaster Management Committee held a coordination meeting at the Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Ministry’s conference hall in Nay Pyi Taw on 27 September. The meeting was attended by Chairman of the National Natural Disaster Management Committee Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win, Committee Vice-chairmen, Deputy Ministers, members of the Nay Pyi Taw Council, security and border affairs ministers from region and state governments, department heads, and relevant officials.
At the meeting, Vice-Senior General Soe Win delivered a speech the following points:
- The Prime Minister instructed that reconstruction efforts be completed by March 15, 2025.Therefore, considering the time constraints, priority tasks should be implemented promptly.
- The Prime Minister also directed that public schools, temporarily closed due to flooding, should be reopened as quickly as possible within October. Efforts should be made to reopen the schools within the specified timeframe.
- Additionally, people in the relief camps should be helped to return to their homes once the water recedes, and assistance should be provided to repair the damages as much as possible.
- Repairing damaged roads and bridges in the regions and states affected by flooding should be prioritized, including temporary bridges and ensuring transportation routes are not disrupted.
- To ensure effective disaster management and reconstruction efforts, accurate ground-level surveys are essential. Initial surveys of needs and damage assessments must be conducted systematically by the work committee.
- As of today, rescue operations are still ongoing, and no area affected by disasters should be left without assistance. In particular, officials should find all possible ways to provide assistance to areas with difficult access.
- The Disaster Management Centre, in cooperation with DMC teams from regions and states, will focus on reconstruction efforts, ensuring that work is done effectively.
- Before the nationwide population and household census begins on October 1, efforts should be made to return as many flood victims as possible to their homes.
- Officials should explain to flood victims that by returning to their homes, they can resume safe and long-term living conditions.
Then, Union Ministers and officials briefed on public benefit measures such as search, rescue and rehabilitation operations being carried out by members of the Tatmadaw and Myanmar Police Force, Fire Brigade members, people’s militia troops and members of social organizations, provision of cash, food and medicine as well as other necessary items of supplies, services being given for enabling the flood-affected people to return to their original residences, provision of cash assistance and supplies for the damaged and deceased, receiving of supplies donated by foreign countries, measures on repair of roads and bridges to ensure uninterrupted transportation. Deputy Minister for Education reported on temporary closure of basic education schools and education offices, damages and losses due to Typhoon Yagi, reopening of schools in the areas where the flood water has receded and measures being taken for renovation. After that, the Vice-Senior General made necessary coordination on the reports.
Due to the effect of the typhoon, flooding occurred in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory and some regions and states. According to the statistics collected until the morning of September 27, 115,002 houses, 129 office buildings, 333 schools, 228 religious schools, 1,358 roads and bridges, 5,622 electricity lamp posts, 114 communication towers and more than 780,000 acres of paddy field were damaged in 110 townships across the country. The floods killed 433 people and 176,246 animals and left 79 people missing. The Disaster Management Center has been established with a 24-hour emergency office in order to carry out necessary rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations to flood-affected areas from time to time, it is reported.
Source: MWD (28-9-2024)
- The Prime Minister instructed that reconstruction efforts be completed by March 15, 2025.Therefore, considering the time constraints, priority tasks should be implemented promptly.
- The Prime Minister also directed that public schools, temporarily closed due to flooding, should be reopened as quickly as possible within October. Efforts should be made to reopen the schools within the specified timeframe.
- Repairing damaged roads and bridges in the regions and states affected by flooding should be prioritized, including temporary bridges and ensuring transportation routes are not disrupted.
- As of today, rescue operations are still ongoing, and no area affected by disasters should be left without assistance. In particular, officials should find all possible ways to provide assistance to areas with difficult access.
- The Disaster Management Centre, in cooperation with DMC teams from regions and states, will focus on reconstruction efforts, ensuring that work is done effectively.
- According to the statistics collected until the morning of September 27, 115,002 houses, 129 office buildings, 333 schools, 228 religious schools, 1,358 roads and bridges, 5,622 electricity lamp posts, 114 communication towers and more than 780,000 acres of paddy field were damaged in 110 townships across the country. The floods killed 433 people and 176,246 animals and left 79 people missing.