Charcoal price rises in cyclone-hit Arakan State
26 May 2023
The price of charcoal has also increased from K6,000 per sack to around K10,000 per sack now in Arakan State.
26 May 2023
The price of charcoal has also increased from K6,000 per sack to around K10,000 per sack now in Arakan State.
26 May 2023
Muslim refugees will not return, said Ko Aung Myaing from Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. “They are doing as they please without trying to fulfill our requirements. They are just doing it to pacify the international community,” he said.
25 May 2023
Electricity has been restored in some neighborhoods in Sittwe, Arakan State 11 days after power outages due to Cyclone Mocha, according to local people.
25 May 2023
Many acres of perennial crops such as mango, betel nut, pomelo, jackfruit and banana trees in Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U Townships were destroyed by the devastating storm.
25 May 2023
“They [the regime] told us to hand over the relief supplies to us. We are not allowed to deliver directly. It is not ok for us. Other NGOs and INGOs also have plans for relief operations. But, we are not allowed,”
25 May 2023
A dismissed worker said a dispute arose after the employer cut their salaries.
25 May 2023
Relief aid supplied by the international community for people affected by Cyclone Mocha has arrived in Arakan State, but residents of Sittwe, the state’s capital, have yet to receive supplies.
24 May 2023
“We can’t buy roofs anywhere. Silos were also damaged by the storm, and we need food. I would like to urge well-wishers to help with the recovery of Matupi,”
24 May 2023
Social activists said the township military council did not allow the plan of local charities in Kyaukphyu Township to gather together and collect donations in order to support storm victims in Arakan State.
24 May 2023
Rural communities affected by Cyclone Mocha in Arakan State’s Pauktaw, Sittwe, Rathedaung, Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U and Gwa townships have so far received little relief aid.
24 May 2023
A DMG reporter saw broken and completely destroyed trees in Sittwe and Ponnagyun townships, and the Mayu mountain range in Rathedaung and Maungdaw townships, after the storm hit Arakan State.
24 May 2023
Power outages are taking a heavy toll on local people and businesses affected by the cyclone.
24 May 2023
Not enough aid has arrived in Sittwe and Rathedaung townships, which suffered the most damage, more than a week after the storm hit Arakan State, according to residents.
23 May 2023
Internally displaced people (IDPs) whose houses were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township urgently need relief supplies and healthcare services.
23 May 2023
Lakes and other reservoirs in the villages were flooded with saltwater, and the storm victims say they urgently need clean drinking water and healthcare services.
23 May 2023
More than 70,000 acres of sesame fields were ruined by flooding triggered by Cyclone Mocha in Magway Region, with financial losses totaling around 18 billion kyats, according to local sesame growers.
23 May 2023
Ayeyarwady Bank, one of the largest private banks in Myanmar, is providing loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) affected by Cyclone Mocha, which made landfall with destructive force near the Arakan State capital Sittwe on May 14.
23 May 2023
“Farmers have lost everything and can’t farm without paddy seeds. I don’t know what the farmers will do in the coming rainy season,”
22 May 2023
The state military council said that a water purifier is capable of purifying natural water drawn from sources like Sittwe’s Sat Yoe Kya Creek, purifying 15-20 litres an hour and providing enough for 100 people per day.
22 May 2023
A man was killed after a water tanker truck heading to Pi Pin Yin camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township overturned on Monday evening, according to IDPs.