Meiktila Township Department of Rural Development is implementing digging wells in seven villages, Meiktila Township, Mandalay Region.

A ceremony to provide cash aids to elderly people, pregnant women and children under two-year old was held at Khaloddae village in Shan-Ywa-Thit, Hpa-an Distirct, Kayin State this morning.

Out of 4.4 million tourist arrivals to Myanmar in 2019, more than 680,000 foreign visitors travelled to Mandalay Region, according to official statistics released by the Mandalay Region’s Directorate of Hotels and Tourism (DOHT).

A ceremony to open a basic first aid training course was held at the University of Meiktila, Mandalay Region this morning.

With the aim of improving health of senior citizens in the township, administrators from wards and village-tracts in the township made a domiciliary visit to the homes of elderly people in Minbu (Saku) in Magway Region, and disbursed social pension for senior citizen above 85 years old starting from January 17 this year.

A fire drill, jointly organized by the township Forest Department and Fire Services Department, was conducted in conjunction with a knowledge sharing event about the natural disaster at the compound of Forest Department in the town of Htigyaing, Katha District, Sagaing Region yesterday.