Over 50 infrastructures including religious sites, universities damaged in Mandalay earthquake
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Htet Nadi (NP News) - April 6
According to the data collected by the Technical Support Team Myanmar, more than 50 infrastructures including pagodas, religious buildings, universities, churches, mosques, and other buildings in Mandalay were damaged by the earthquake.
Technical Support Team Myanmar is a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting records of ancient heritage buildings damaged by the earthquake. The team conducted the inventory with the help of volunteers and posted the information obtained as of April 2 on social media.
According to the Technical Support Team Myanmar's inventory, the earthquake in Mandalay impacted 14 pagodas, nine monasteries, two universities, seven churches, nine mosques, and eight ancient buildings across several townships, including Aungmyay Tharzan, Chanaye Tharzan, Maha Aung Myay, Chan Mya Thar Si, Pyigyitagon, and 2 cave pagodas in Madaya, making a total of 51.
The list is a confirmed and Technical Support Team Myanmar is working to continue to provide additional confirmations.
The current figures do not include damage in Amarapura Township, but local residents say that many ancient pagodas and religious buildings in Amarapura Township collapsed, and that the number of deaths in the collapse of the Bom O village mosque was at least 500.