ACCORDING to Pwintbyu Town-ship Irrigation and Water Utili-sation Department water over flowing above the Kyi Ohn Gyi Wa Dam spillway was found to be 5 ft. 8 inches at 6 am on 17 August and this was not an amount to be concerned for.
AN inspection team from China is expected to visit Myanmar in August to inspect tissue cul-ture bananas in preparation for importing the fruit from Myan-mar, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Myanmar Private Hospitals’ As-sociation- Upper Myanmar do-nated cash for providing health care services to flood victims in the country yesterday. The dona-tion ceremony was held at Man-dalay Regional Public Health Department.
According to news released by Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Myanmar Police Force, AA/TNLA/MNDAA armed groups mined and destroyed bridges on Hsenwi-Kunlong Road, torched a petrol station on Lashio-Hsenwi Road, fired on Lashio with heavy arms and also fired on Tatmadaw columns and police stations.
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who is visiting the Russian Federation, received Mr. Mikhail Arkadievich Dmitriev, Chairman of the Russia-Myanmar Friendship Association, and party at the Metropol Hotel on 16 August.
