National Disaster Management Committee holds 2/2024 meeting

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The second meeting of the National Disaster Management Committee is in progress yesterday, chaired by SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win.

Chairman of the National Disaster Management Committee State Administration Council Vice-Chairman Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win yesterday presided over the 2/2024 meeting of the committee in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-Senior General noted that Typhoon Yagi triggered the flash floods and colossal deluge in Southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar’s Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, and some regions and states were seriously inundated. The management committee and relevant region/state management committees provide the needed assistance to the flood victims in a timely manner, and the standing order of the National Disaster Management Committee also states that the relevant region and state can carry out management by organizing teams.
He continued that there are two disaster response scenarios: the relevant state and region natural disaster management committees conducted with their own plans while floods occurred in Kachin State, Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and Ayeyawady regions in early this monsoon. Such action is Scenario 1, and Scenario 2 is a Union-level operational model. At the same time, there is a worsening impact of threats, limitations in resources and responses by relevant states and regions, and under circumstances where greater effectiveness is achieved only through collaborative actions across the areas.
He then highlighted the record-hit heavy rainfalls brought by Typhoon Yagi that caused floods in the country, especially in Tatkon of Nay Pyi Taw.
He added that the Scenario-2 operation was conducted in the country. The Disaster Management Centre was established on 12 September, the vice-chairs-led DMC meeting was held on 13 September, and the emergency DMC meeting was initiated on 14 September to launch disaster management measures.
The relevant organizations and officials provided recuse work in flood-affected areas. According to the 15 September report, the death rates in 69 townships of seven regions and states showed that there were 47 deaths in Nay Pyi Taw, five in Kayin State, 76 in Mandalay Region, 43 in Shan State and one in Ayeyawady Region. Therefore, it needs to release information regarding the damages and death rate. A total of 388 relief camps were opened in nine regions and states, and the well-wishers donated drinking water, food and clothes.
He also mentioned the inspection tour of the SAC Chairman in flood-affected areas starting from 12 September.
He instructed the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation to release notices regarding the dams and continued that the villagers residing in risk areas were evacuated to safe locations in advance, and so the locals from the Sittoung River basin in Bago River were evacuated.
He then stressed the need to take proper measures for access to clean water and food, reopening of departmental offices, schools and hospitals, systematic allocation of cash donations and materials, and talked about the transportation of five basic foodstuffs and drinking water to the flooded areas in far-flung places by the government.
He instructed all to apply the experiences of the Natural Disaster Management Committee and form the needed committees, as 12 work committees were organized during the MOCHA outbreak.
He continued that the country received international assistance with strings, and some humanitarian aid from ASEAN will also be received soon. Moreover, the In-Country Liaison Team – ICLT of the AHA Centre will also assist in releasing natural disaster information and receiving international assistance.
Participants then coordinated the discussion, and the Vice-Senior General concluded the meeting.
Due to Typhoon Yagi, flash floods and landslides occurred in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, regions and states except Kachin State, Taninthayi Region and Rakhine State from 9 to 15 September. The damages and death rate from 69 townships until 15 September were 1,083 houses, 146 office buildings, 1,023 schools, 382 religion schools, 177 roads and bridges, 963 lamp posts, 82 telecom towers, while 172 deaths and 38 missing. A total of 105,388 animals were perished in the floods. — MNA/KTZH

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