Rising costs hamper restoration work one month after earthquake

Residents of Patheingyi Township in Mandalay Region told DVB that they are still unable to start restoration work due to ground fissures, one month after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed 4,461. 

“Fissures are as wide as 30 feet and as deep as 20 feet in some places,” Yin Mya, a resident of Patheingyi’s Thanbo village, told DVB. Patheingyi is located 7-22 miles (11-35 km) northeast of the region’s capital Mandalay and the earthquake epicenter in Sagaing Region.

Residents told DVB that at least 40 houses collapsed in Thanbo village, forcing many to stay in temporary shelters. They added that the regime has not provided any humanitarian aid.