A freight train derailed between Hopin train station in Mohnyin township and Nankhwin station in Mogaung township, Kachin state at 6:45 am today, delaying the departure of No 55 express train at Hopin station.
The floor of a reinforced concrete bridge on an inter-village road in Yebyu Township, Taninthayi Region was badly damaged by floodwaters following heavy rains in the area on 9 August.
A cargo train bound for Myitkyina, Kachin State capital from Mandalay was derailed at milepost No. 654/14 and milepost No. 654/15 between Hopin and Nankhin railway stations in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State at about 6 a.m. today.
A ceremony to present compensation to farmers whose farmlands were confiscated when the Pyay-Paukkhoung Railroad was built took place at the meeting room of the General Administration Department in Paukkhoung, Bago Region on 12 August.
Health staff from Public Health Department provided medical treatment to flood victims in rescue camps in ward-5 of Kawkareik town in Kayin state this morning.
Deputy Minister for Construction U Kyaw Linn and Rakhine State government’s Transport Minister U Aung Kyaw Zan inspected the camps for the returnee families in Maungtaw district on 11 August.