MEMBERS of various organizations and residents participate in rescue and rehabilitation efforts in quake-affected areas.

Chief Minister of Sagaing Region U Myat Kyaw and LtGen Thet Pon from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) inspected collapsed Myatheintan Pagoda caused by the Mandalay earthquake and condition of Mingun bell in Mingun region of Sagaing Township yesterday.

They presented 18 kinds of personal goods and foodstuffs provided by the Department of Disaster Management to Mingun Buddhist Home for the Aged and cash to older persons. They also viewed collapsed Pahtodawgyi and the lion statue and Mingun Sitagu main water pump station. They also presented 18 kinds of personal goods and foodstuffs to Mingun region police station and inspected damaged staff housing. They donated foodstuffs and alms for venerable monks from Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery on Momeik Hill of Mingun mountain range and inspected clearing of the collapsed monastery and viewed round damaged school buildings in Chaungpauk and Pengahse villages.

Lt-Gen Soe Tint Naing from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) looked into renovation of damaged Shwekyetkya Pagoda in Amarapura Township. He also observed repairing of damaged pagodas in Aungmyethazan Township and fulfilled the needs.

Lt-Gen Myo Thant Naing from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) overviewed dredging of drains along Yangon-Mandalay highway in Kyaukse and repairing of buildings at the rural health centre in Phyaukseikpin Village and sales of construction materials at the factory prices to the people. He also looked into preparations to hold the religious examinations at Taikkyaung Buddhism Learning Centre in Singaing Township.

While in Singaing, he inspected the quake-affected natural gas-powered plant of Power Gen Kyaukse Company Ltd. Seven of eight generators have been repaired at the plant. Each engine can generate 18.471 megawatts. So, the plant can feed 129.297 megawatts to the national grid per day.

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