Torched homes to be rebuilt, says govt
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The national government plans to provide houses to those whose homes were torched during last month's deadly riots in Meikhtila and will spend 3.5 million kyats (Bt117,000) for each house, said a director of the Relief and Resettlement Department under th
Department director Than Htut Swe said about 5.3 billion kyats would be spent to rebuild the homes.
“We have already provided mats and nets to the refugees in the relief camps. We also provided consumer goods like rice, edible oil, salt, beans and other requirements,” he said, adding that the new homes would be built when the situation in the town in Mandalay Region was stable.
Three days of rioting in Meikhtila resulted in the destruction of 1,594 houses, most from arson attacks. Houses were torched in 11 of its 14 wards, but two wards bore the brunt: Nandawkone and Thiri Mingalar.
