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NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
BANGKOK: A total of 3,375 government buildings have been impacted by the 8.2-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday (March 28), the Interior Ministry’s Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning (DPT) reported on Wednesday.
Among the affected buildings, 34 were severely damaged, with 31 of them located in provincial areas, according to the DPT.
The department’s Damage Assessment Centre for Buildings Affected by the Earthquake has been working alongside the Council of Engineers Thailand, the Engineering Institute of Thailand, the Association of Building Inspectors, and 110 volunteer engineers from the private sector to inspect government buildings reported to be damaged by the earthquake.
In the Bangkok metropolitan area, a total of 367 buildings have been inspected, with 334 found to be in safe condition.
Thirty buildings have sustained moderate damage but are still useable, while three buildings and one connection bridge sustained severe damage and have been prohibited from use.
In provincial areas, 3,008 buildings were inspected, with 2,796 found to be in safe condition. A total of 181 buildings sustained moderate damage but remain useable, while 31 buildings suffered severe damage and were also prohibited from use.
Overall, 3,375 government buildings have been inspected nationwide. Of these, 3,130 are in safe condition, 221 have moderate damage but remain useable, and 34 have been severely damaged and are at risk of collapse.
The DPT has urged owners of high-rise buildings, hotels, condominiums, dormitories, and shopping malls to hire certified inspectors to perform damage assessments in line with the department’s guidelines for initial structural damage surveys following the earthquake.
On Sunday, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt called on the owners of approximately 11,000 buildings across the capital to assess their safety in light of the earthquake, stressing that the request was for cooperation. - The Nation/ANN
KOTA BHARU – Keadaan banjir kilat di kawasan bandar Kota Bharu yang berlaku pagi tadi susulan hujan lebat berterusan sejak malam tadi sehingga menyebabkan longkang tersumbat sudah surut sepenuhnya.
Pengarah Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Kelantan, Farhan Sufyan Borhan berkata, hasil tinjauan pihak bomba hari ini, air yang melimpah di sekitar bandar ini sudah kering.
Menurutnya, tinjauan dijalankan selepas pihak bomba menerima maklumat yang dikongsi oleh orang ramai menerusi media sosial.
“Setakat ini, pihak bomba tidak menerima sebarang maklumat berkaitan kejadian banjir di daerah lain di negeri ini.
“Bagaimanapun, JBPM Kelantan akan terus menjalankan pemantauan ketika situasi cuaca yang tidak menentu ketika ini,” katanya.
Terdahulu, tular di media sosial kawasan sekitar Jalan Hilir Pasar di sini dinaiki air ekoran banjir kilat susulan hujan lebat sejak malam tadi.
Meskipun air melimpah, kawasan tersebut masih boleh dilalui kenderaan sebelum banjir kilat surut sepenuhnya sebentar tadi. – KOSMO! ONLINE
TOKYO - Jepun bersedia menyediakan bantuan geran kecemasan sekitar US$6 juta untuk mangsa gempa bumi dahsyat di Myanmar, kata kerajaan pada Rabu, lapor Agensi Berita Kyodo.
Kementerian Luar Jepun berkata bantuan itu akan disalurkan menerusi pertubuhan antarabangsa, memandangkan "keperluan kemanusiaan yang amat besar" dijangka di Myanmar, selepas angka korban akibat gempa bermagnitud 7.7 pada Jumaat lepas meningkat melebihi 2,700 orang.
Jepun telah menghantar pasukan perubatan ke Myanmar dan memutuskan untuk menyediakan barangan bantuan kecemasan seperti kelengkapan kebersihan, bekalan air dan penapis air menerusi Agensi Kerjasama Antarabangsa Jepun (JICA) yang disokong kerajaan serta Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB), menurut kementerian itu.
Dua rakyat Jepun disahkan cedera di Mandalay, bandar kedua terbesar Myanmar yang berhampiran pusat gempa, manakala seorang lagi cedera di Bangkok, ibu negara Thailand yang bersebelahan. Seorang rakyat Jepun masih belum dapat dikesan di Mandalay, menurut Kerajaan Jepun.
"Kerajaan Jepun akan berdiri bersama rakyat Myanmar dan menyalurkan bantuan kemanusiaan yang dapat memberi manfaat langsung kepada mereka," kata Ketua Setiausaha Kabinet Jepun, Yoshimasa Hayashi, dalam satu sidang akhbar. - Bernama
PETALING JAYA – Pasukan Khas Pertahanan Awam (Paspa) dan anggota agensi lain turut bersama-sama membantu pasukan keselamatan lain dalam operasi menyelamatkan kawasan kebakaran saluran gas di Putra Heights.
Menerusi satu hantaran di TikTok, beberapa anggota Paspa dan anggota lain turut bertungkus-lumus dalam memadamkan api yang marak di kawasan yang terjejas semalam.
Pemilik akaun TikTok @sywljr99 yang merupakan salah seorang anggota Paspa yang bertugas semalam menyatakan rasa syukur atas kerjasama pelbagai pihak yang berkerjasama dalam operasi pemadaman api di lokasi kejadian.
“Alhamdulillah hasil kerjasama dari semua agensi kita berjaya. Semoga mangsa tabah dengan ujian yg berlaku dan moga digantikan dengan rezeki yg melimpah nanti inshaAllah,” katanya.
Tinjauan dari ruangan komen, ramai pengguna menyatakan rasa syukur dan berterima kasih kepada pasukan penyelamat yang tangkas dalam memastikan insiden kebakaran kembali reda.
“Satu pengalaman yang cukup berharga untuk pasukan penyelamat. Susah nak jumpa kes kes yang luar jangkaan mcm ni. dalam latihan simulasi pun tak boleh nak buat sama mcm situasi sebenar,” komen @daoozsawal.
“Terima kasih tidak terhingga buat penyelamat bangsa Melayu kerana menjaga Keselamatan dan kesejahteraan rakyat & negara walaupun sedang menyambut aidilfitri,” komen @andikakhalifah. – KOSMO! ONLINE
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has rejected ceasefire proposals from rebel groups seeking to facilitate aid to areas impacted by Friday’s deadly earthquake as concerns mount over how the civil conflict could hinder relief efforts.
A pro-democracy shadow government allied to detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared a two-week ceasefire following the quake in central Myanmar that has killed at least 2,700, according to the junta’s count. With the figure likely to grow, another alliance of rebel groups that had made substantial territorial gains against the regime also announced it would not initiate offensive operations for a month.
“Some ethnic armed organizations are not currently engaged in combat but are organizing and training for future attacks,” Min Aung Hlaing said during a fund-raising event Tuesday in Naypyidaw, the country’s capital. “As their actions are still considered attacks, the Tatmadaw will continue to take necessary security measures,” he said, according to comments provided by the State Administration Council.
The remarks are another sign there may be little reprieve in a conflict that reignited four years ago after the military seized control of much of the nation in a coup. Even as the damage of the 7.7 magnitude quake was still being assessed, pro-democracy rebel groups reported fresh military airstrikes on Friday in areas close to the epicenter.
Lway Yay Oo, spokeswoman of the northern-based Ta’ang National Liberation Army said three such bombings have occurred since the earthquake, leading to injuries and residential buildings being destroyed. “They are committing inhumane acts like always,” she said.
Min Aung Hlaing said his military hasn’t conducted operations on enemy camps, but has responded when it was attacked.
The bombing run Friday nevertheless drew condemnation from the United Nations and rights groups, with Amnesty International saying it’s added “to the strain of recovery efforts and the fear and anxiety of survivors.” For now, the military is tightly managing access to the areas it controls that sustained heavy damage including Naypyidaw and Mandalay, a city of over a million people.
“The earthquake has laid bare the deeper vulnerabilities facing Myanmar’s people and underscored the need for sustained international attention to the broader crisis,” the UN office for Myanmar said in a statement on Tuesday. “All sides must urgently allow space for humanitarian relief and ensure that aid workers can operate in safety.” –BLOOMBERG