CNI New
2 June 2025
Local and international donors held a second donation ceremony in Naypyidaw on May 29, 2025, to support the rehabilitation of those affected by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar.
131.53 billion kyats and more than 2.3 million US dollars, as well as the donations for 51 four-storied buildings with 16 flats each at a rate of 200,000 kyats for one building were received from the second earthquake relief donation event, the SAC reported.
At the first donation ceremony on April 1, 2025, a total of 125.27 billion kyats, including 12.4 billion kyats worth of donated goods were received from domestic and international donors.
“The national government will establish short-term and long-term plans to successfully carry out the rehabilitation work and ensure that it is better than the original situation. Since the government’s strength is limited in carrying out this work alone, only through such cooperation can the rehabilitation work in the earthquake-affected areas be carried out quickly and effectively,” said the SAC chairman.
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025, affecting 10 regions and states, with 6 of them experiencing severe damage.
The earthquake affected 374 wards, 944 village tracts, 2,081 villages, 162,167 households, and a total population of 506,069 people in 10 regions and states, including Naypyidaw Council area.
The SAC then reported 3,739 dead, 68 missing, and 5,104 injured. In addition, 51,210 houses, 431 road works, 103 bridges, 83 railway damage sites and 11 railway bridges, 6,730 mobile communication stations, 10 power lines, 3,435 power poles, 594 irrigation canals, 6 embankments, 11,338 departmental buildings, 384 hospitals, 364 clinics, 166 ancient buildings and museums, 2,409 basic education schools, 72 higher education schools, 90 private schools, 6,469 pagodas, 5,588 religious buildings, 344 private factories, 7.5 acres of crops, 133,700 animals were damaged, with a total damage value of Ks3,804.549 billion, SAC reported.
