THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES ARE SUPPLYING FOOD AND RESCUE ITEMS FREE WHILST
THIS JUNTA IS SELLING FOOD TO THE POOR DESTITUTE WHO HAVE NO MONEY. THIS
IS
UNTHINKABLE !!!. WHATS WRONG WITH THESE GENERALS. THEN THEY MAKE IT A
POINT
BY COMING ON THE JUNTA TV SHOWING THE FULLY DECORATED GENERALS AIDING THE
DISASTER SURVIVORS. BLOODY PROPAGANDA. ; ABSOLUTELY SHAMELESS.
May 7, Democratic Voice of Burma
Government sells food to disaster victims
Residents of the former Burmese capital Rangoon said the government is
selling food to victims of Cyclone Nargis, but the prices remain too
expensive for destitute survivors to afford.
Rangoon authorities made announcements on the streets over loudspeakers
that the government was selling food for disaster victims at the city's
tax-free markets, a local resident said.
"The announcement also said rice priced at 750 kyat for one pyi, cooking
oil at 2240 kyat per viss and zinc sheets [for roofing] at 4500 per sheet
were now available to buy at the township Peace and Development Council
offices in Rangoon," he said.
But for local residents who have been made destitute by the natural
disaster, the provisions remain prohibitively expensive.
"Despite the government's effort to help us by selling these materials at
cheap prices, we can only sit back and watch as we have no money at all to
buy these things as we are only daily-paid workers," the resident said.
"Now all the businesses have collapsed and we are left empty-handed."
Rangoon residents are suffering shortages of food, water and electricity,
and blocked roads are making it difficult for aid to get through.
Cyclone survivors have complained that the government has not provided
assistance to victims as they search for loved ones and try to rebuild
their homes.
The Burmese government has said it would welcome international aid, but
the lack of infrastructure and delays in visa processes have meant that
relief efforts are moving slowly.
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