Myanmar Junta Orders Naypyitaw’s Builders to Reconnect After Massive Earthquake Damage

Myanmar’s junta asked the companies that built Naypyitaw to contact them about the massive damage caused by the March 28 earthquake, the regime’s newspapers reported on Saturday.

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing told an April 18 meeting in Naypyitaw that damaged buildings must be assessed to see if they met construction standards and designs.

The senior general said Naypyitaw’s layout would be redrawn and he called for staff housing to be built to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake.