Govt provides relief items to tornado victims of Lewe Township

A tornado that tore through TadaU and Aungmyingon villages in Lewe Township of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory on 21 April evening destroyed 235 houses and killed six people while forcing 967 victims with 113 locals injured.
The National Disaster Management Committee and Nay Pyi Taw Disaster Management Team officials went to the tornado-hit TadaU and Aungmyingon villages yesterday and provided 17 kinds of relief items distributed by the Disaster Management Department to 235 households.
Similarly, Union Minister for Health Dr Thet Khaing Win, who is also Chairman of the Healthcare Management Working Committee, National Disaster Management Working Committee Chairperson Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Thet Thet Khine, Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman U Tin Oo Lwin went to the Dekkhinathiri 50-bed Hospital and provided foodstuffs and cash assistance to 34 wounded people from TadaU and Aungmyingon villages. They also comforted patients and briefed the support of the government regarding the paving roads, access to water, rebuilding of religious buildings, electricity and house construction.
Union ministers and party then encouraged and provided cash assistance to 28 wounded residents from TadaU and Aungmyingon villages at Lewe 100-bed Hospital and explained the government’s assistance measures.
Then, they inspected the indoor stadium of Lewe Township to run a shelter for the storm victims of two villages temporarily and instructed the necessary things. — MNA/KTZH