Over 23,000 hectares farmland placed under crops in Myanmar as flooding recedes
Xinhua, August 12, 2015 Adjust font size:
About 23,085 hectares of farmland have been placed under crops in Myanmar as flooding receded, an official report said Wednesday.
The re-cultivated area includes 19,035 hectares in the worst- hit Rakhine state.
Deadly flooding in the Southeast Asian nation since June has inundated more than 486,000 hectares of farmland, destroying 299, 700 hectares across the country including 85,050 hectares in Rakhine state, according to official figures.
The severe flooding has affected nearly 1 million people of more than 220,000 households, the figures of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement also show.
Nationwide death toll from the severe flooding in the country rose to more than 100 so far with Rakhine state suffering most casualties and the flooding and landslide destroyed more than 3, 000 schools, forcing them to shut down.
Deadly flood, triggered by heavy rainfall since June, has affected 13 regions and states in Myanmar, destroying houses, farmland, railway lines, bridges and roads.
The Myanmar government declared on July 31 four disaster zones namely Rakhine, Chin, Sagaing and Magway, of which Rakhine state was the worst-hit. Endi