Due to recent torrential rains in the source of the Ayarwaddy River, the river has risen up to 1222 cm exceeding its danger level in Bhamo town of Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, flooding over 10000 acres of monsoon paddy fields in the Bhamo district.
The following are suggestions for department officials, humanitarian organizations and the general public may follow to reduce losses incurred from floods and related dangers.
VICE PRESIDENT U Henry Van Thio inspected Thilawa Special Economic Zone’s Zone A, the temporary headquarters of the National Water Resources Committee (NWRC) and the construction site for the Water Resources and Water Management Center yesterday.
President U Win Myint visited the Bogyoke Aung San Museum (Yangon) in Yangon Region, Bahan Township and Secretariat Building (former Ministers’ Office) in Yangon yesterday.
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi donated Waso robes to the leading monk of Aung Zabu Pariyatti Monastery in Sinchan Village of Peindegone Village-Tract in Kawhmu Township, Yangon Region, yesterday morning.
