Emergency Assistance for Flood Disaster in the midland of Myanmar

September 18, 2002

On September 18 (Wed), the Government of Japan decided to extend emergency assistance in kind (equivalent to approximately 10 million yen) comprising 20 tents, 2,640 blankets, 10 electric power generators, 300 shovels and 300 flashlights to the Union of Myanmar, which has sustained damage from flood.
In Monywa, a commercial city located in the midland of Myanmar, the Chindwin River, which flows through the city, swelled, and as a result, its water level exceeded the dangerous level defined by the Government of Myanmar for the first time since about 40 years. On August 19, as a large-scale flood hit the city, major part of the city was submerged and about 48,000 people were afflicted. Under these circumstances, the Government of Myanmar, while conducting measures to assist the afflicted people such as setting up camps for the flood victims, has requested emergency aid from Japan as the further assistance from the international community.
The Government of Japan has decided to extend the emergency aid from a humanitarian standpoint to the flood victims, in view of the friendly relations between Japan and Myanmar.

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