22 July
FIVE houses in three villages collapsed due to bank erosion that was triggered by the swol-len Laymyo River during the downpour that lasted from 8 to 14 July in MraukU Town-ship, MraukU District, Rakhine State.
Officials of the Disaster Management Department of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement pre-sented financial and material assistance to the families of the collapsed homes on 20 July at a ceremony held at its office in MraukU.
Officials presented rice, Ks 56,700 and 15 kinds of re-lief items, and Ks 500,000, Ks 100,000 for rebuilding each collapsed house, to the 27 persons of five households of Thahtaygon, Akyitawma and Konchaung villages.—District IPRD (Translated by TMT)
