Paung, 14 August

Officials made a field trip this morning to inspect farmland submerged by a torrential downpour in villages in Paung Township of Mon State.

Officials including Daw Thin Thin Saint, staff officer of Thaton District Department of Agriculture, U Kyaw Zaw Aung, staff officer of Thaton District Survey Department, U Kyaw Swa Hlaing, staff officer of the Township Department of Agriculture and U Than Nyunt Oo, staff officer of the Township Survey Department inspected paddy fields damaged by floods, and gave necessary instructions to farmers in the villages.

A total of 123226 acres of farmland in four villages such as Letpandaw, Moktama, Hmawbi and Nathmaw villages in the Township were submerged by floods due to continuous rain.—Mon Mah Lay(IPRD)

Translated by JT