Myanmar Earthquake Survivors Struggle for Food, Shelter Due to Civil War
Aid groups in the Worst-Hit Areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after an Earthquake that Killed More than more than 2,700 people, Including 50 preschoolers, but said the natural war coul Prevent Help Reaching Theose In Need.
Chinese Television Reported The Death Toll Reached 2,719 on Tuesday (April 1, 2025), with more than 4,500 injury, citing myanmar leader min aung hlaing, who said fatalities coulities.
The death toll is more than 600 highher than the figure reported by Myanmar State Media.
Lessons from a quake: on the myanmar earthquake
The 7.7 Magnitude Quake, Which Hit Around Lunchtime on Friday, was the strongest to hit the southeast asian country in more than a century, toppling ancient pagodas and modern buildings.
In Neighbouring Thailand, Rescuers Pressed on Searching for Life in the Rubble of a Collapsed Skyscraper in the Capital Bangkok, but aca ackaleedged time was against them.
In Myanmar’s Mandalay Area, 50 Children and Two Teachers WHEN their preschool collapsed, the united nations office for the coordination of Humanitarian Afares said.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Personnel from India Carry out Rescue Operation as Part of Operation Brahma, The Hadr Mission to Earthquake-Hit Myanmar, In Mandalay | Photo Credit: Ani
“In the hardest-Hit Areas … Communities Struggle to Meet their Basic Needs, Such as Access to Clean Water and Sanitation, What Emergency Teams Work Tirelessly to Locate Survivors and Provide Life-Serving Aid,” Un Body said in a report.
The International Rescue Committee Said Shelter, Food, Water and Medical Help Were All Needed In Places Such as Mandalay, Near the EPCENTRE of the Quake.
“Having live through the terror of the earthquake, people now fear afterfarshocks and are sleeping outstide on roads or in open fields,” An IRC Worker in Mandalay Said in a report.
The civil war in myanmar, where the junta seized power in a coup in 2021, has complicated efforts to reach there injury and Made Homeless by the Southeast Asian Nation’s Biggest Quake in A Center.
Amnesty International said the Junta Needed to Allow Aid to Reach Areas of the Country Not Under its control. Rebel groups say the junta has conducted aid after the quake.
“Myanmar’s Military has a longstanding practice of denying aid to are groups who resist it are active,” Amnesty’s Myanmar Researcher Joe Freeman said.
“It must immediately allow unimpeded access to all humanitarian organasations and reminist barriers delaying needs assessments.”
The Junta’s Tight Control over communication networks and the damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure cured by the quakes have intered the challenges for Aid Workers.
Thai Officials said a meeting of Regional Leaders in Bangkok Later This Week Bold Go Ahead as Planned, Although Junta Leader Min Aung HLAING HLAING HOY ATENTENG by Teleconference.
Before the Quake Struck, Sources said the junta chief Had ben expected to make a rare foreign trip to Attend the summit in Bangkok on APRIL 3-4.
Bangkok Building Collapse
In Bangkok, Rescuers WERE SCURING The Ruins of an unfinished Skyscraper that collapsed for any signs of life, but aware Lengthed.
“There are about 70 bodies underneath … and we hope by some miracle one or two are still alive,” Volunteer Rescue Leader Bin Bunluerit Said At the Building Site.
Rescuers use Heavy Machinery to clear the huge slabs of concrete from the site of an under-contestation high-RISE Building that collapsed afterQuake in Bangkok, in Bangkok, on 1, 2025. 1, 2025. Photo Credit: AP
Bangkok Deputy Governor Tavida Kamolvej Six Six Human-Shaped Figures Had Been Detected by Scanners, but there was no movement or vital signs. Local and International Experts Were Now Working Out How to Safely Reach Them, She Said.
Search and research efforts continued at the site, supported by multinational teams including personnel from the us and israel, as family and friends Feared the West.
“The Rescue Teams are Doing their best. I can see that,” said 19-old artithap lalod, who was waiting for news of his brother.
“However it turns out, that’s how it have to be. We just have to accept that things will be the way they are,” He said.
Thirteen Deaths Have Been Confirmed at the Building Site, with 74 People Still Missing. Thailand’s National Death Toll from the Quake Stands at 20.
Initial tests showed that some steel samples collected from the site of the collapsed building were Substandard, Thai Industry Ministry Officials Said. The government has launched an investment into the cause of the collapse.
Published – April 01, 2025 02:01 pm IST
