Giving words of comfort SAC: Chairman provided relief items to tornado-hit victims

The Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met with the local residents at Aung Myin Gone and Tadar-U Villages hit by tornado at 6:20 PM on April 21 in Lewe Township, Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, comforted and provided relief items.

Due to the hitting of tornado in Aung Myin Gone and Tadar-U villages of Lewe Township in the Nay Pyi Taw Council Area at 6:20 PM on April 21, 155 houses, one school, rural health center, a monastery in Aung Myin Gone Village and 77 houses and a monastery in Tadar-U village were destroyed and the tornado left a total of 109 local people including 37 men, 72 women injured.

The local Tatmadawmen, members of Myanmar Police Force, members of Fire Brigade, departmental officials and volunteers carried out emergency rescue works and conveyed the injured persons to the nearest hospitals to receive medical treatment.

The injured persons received medical treatments at the hospitals were inspected by Lt. Gen. Than Tun Oo from the Office of the Commander In Chief (Army), Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Brigadier General Wei Lin and officials and the foodstuff were provided and necessary requirements were coordinated.