Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Meets and Comforts Tornado Victims in Villages of Lewe Township

Ministry of Defense/ Naypyitaw / April 25, 2023

The Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and party on 22 April met residents at Aungmyingon and TadaU villages in Lewe Township victimized by a tornado, comforted and provided cash assistance and relief items to them.

Then, the SAC Chairman Prime Minister stressed the responsible officials as follows:

· The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Nay Pyi Taw Council and Nay Pyi Taw Command are required to reconstruct the destroyed schools in time for the school-opening season, renovate monasteries, rebuild houses in land plots systematically with necessary assistance.

· It needs to provide emergency food aid and other necessary assistance for tornado victims in the villages.

· Then, the Prime Minister and party inspected the seriously damaged school, monastery and houses in Aungmyingon village and urged officials to provide necessary assistance.

· He also cordially encouraged the victims each who are under medical treatment at Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital (1000-bed) and provided foodstuffs to them.

A tornado pummeled Lewe Township of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory at 6:20 pm on 21 April. A total of 155 houses, one school, one rural dispensary, one monastery in Aungmyingon Village and another 77 houses and one monastery in TadaU Village were damaged in the strong wind leaving a total of 113 locals hurt and six people dead. The region Tatmadaw members, members

of the Myanmar Police Force, the Fire Brigade, departmental officials and volunteers carried out emergency rescue measures and conveyed the injured persons to the nearest hospitals to receive medical treatment, it is reported.

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar Newspaper (23-4-2023)