Ferry boat services to destinations in southern Arakan State will be suspended for a week due to a low pressure cell over the Bay of Bengal, according to a manager of the Shwe Pyi Tan ferry boat service.

Cattle prices have risen sharply in Arakan State after more than 10,000 cattle were killed by Cyclone Mocha across 10 townships in the state, according to local residents.

Locals in some storm-hit Arakan State townships are facing various healthcare- and education-related difficulties as roads and bridges damaged by Cyclone Mocha have yet to be repaired.

Approximately 30 monastic schools across several Arakan State townships that were badly damaged by Cyclone Mocha still cannot be repaired due to financial constraints.

“We have photo records of the buildings that we submitted in our bid for UNESCO World Heritage status. We will do the restoration work according to photo records,”

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm has offered to buy 500 tonnes of fresh tamarind from Myanmar monthly, according to Nay Pyi Taw’s Department of Consumer Affairs.

A resident of Kanpyin Thazi Village in southern Maungdaw Township was trampled to death by a wild elephant while hunting frogs in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Junta-appointed village administrators in some Arakan State townships are reportedly charging fees for delivering junta-provided relief supplies to victims of Cyclone Mocha.

“The bridge linking Kyaukkyi with Nat Than Kwin was completely destroyed by the junta’s airstrikes and shelling.

The regime is planning to provide rice seeds for free or sell them at low prices for farmers ahead of the monsoon paddy cultivation season.

Local villagers were holding a meeting on the opening of the school when the junta gunship strafed, said the Chin National Organization-Upper Chindwin Region (CNO-UCR) on Monday.

Taking advantage of high unemployment in Myanmar, online scammers are selling job application forms with the ILO logo.

“Now people don’t take baskets even when they go to the market. They carry [their purchases] from the market in plastic bags and throw it away,”

Storm victims in several villages on Ale Phayonekar Island have received little in the way of relief supplies, locals said.

“No relief supplies have reached Muslim IDP camps, but the World Food Programme (WFP) provides us with rice. We are facing livelihood hardships and accommodation difficulties,”

The business had been slow before the storm, but demand has surged lately as the prices of building materials have jumped following the cyclone and many people are opting for nipa palm leaves for roofing.

The Institute for Strategy and Policy – Myanmar (ISP – Myanmar) says Myanmar has attracted more than US$5.4 billion in foreign investment in the two-plus years since the coup.

"We would like to urge the government [Myanmar’s military regime] to repair the damaged roof as quickly as possible,” said middle school teacher U Hsan Win from Tuumyaung Village.

“We are going hungry, and we need food. We have no money to rebuild our houses,”