Mandalay was the ‘city of gold’. Now it reeks of dead bodies

Mandal Ray was known as a gold city with a colorful tower and a Buddhist store mound, but the air in the capital of the former king of Myanmar is now a corpse.

A resident said that many bodies have been accumulated since the 7.7 earthquake occurred near Mandalay last Friday, saying that it should be “cremation in the stack.”

Myanmar’s chief military officer said in the earthquake that 4,521 people were injured over 2,700 deaths and a series of aftershocks. The figure is expected to rise.

Residents in the second -largest city in this country said they spent a night wandering in the streets with despair as food and water supply decreased.

Mandalay resident who talked about the “cremated” body “lost his aunt in an earthquake.

“But her body was out of debris on March 30, two days later,” he said.

Poor infrastructure and civil disputes seriously interfere with Myanmar’s relief efforts, where the army has a history of suppressing the size of the national disaster. As the rescue team approaches more collapsed buildings and cutoff areas, the number of deaths is expected to continue to increase.

J, who lives in Mandalay’s Mahaaungmyay district, said, “I felt dizzy in being deprived of sleep.”

Many inhabitants have not lived in the tent along the streets, and they are afraid of fear that the remaining at home will not fit aftershocks.

“I saw a lot of people, including myself, and crying loudly on the street,” J said.

But survivors are still found in the city. The Fire Department said it rescued 403 people from Mandalay over the past four days and recovered 259 bodies. The actual number of casualties is much higher than the official version.

In a speech on Tuesday, Min Aung HLAING’s chief executive said that the number of deaths could exceed 3,000, but according to the US geological survey, on Friday, “more than 10,000 deaths are strong depending on the location and size of the earthquake.”

Young children were particularly traumatic in disasters.

A local pastor said that an eight -year -old son in the BBC suddenly shed several tears for the last few days, and he shed tears after witnessing some of his neighbors under the debris.

“He was in the bedroom upstairs when the earthquake came, and his wife was attending her sister, so some fragments fell to him.”

Ryu, who lives in Tagon, southern Mandalay, said, “We saw that we came from the collapsed building of our neighborhood yesterday.

“It’s very cold. Myanmar has been hit by many disasters, natural and some human disasters. Everyone is so tired. We feel hope and helpless.”

One of the worst buildings that were reduced to the 12th to 6th floors by the earthquake, a monk who lives near the Sky Villa Condominium, said that some people survived the BBC in the BBC, but for the past 24 hours, “only the corpse was recovered.”

“I hope this will end soon. There are many things. [bodies] There are still more than 100 thoughts inside, he said.

The crematorium close to Mandalay was overwhelming, and the authorities lacked body bags among other supplies, including food and drinking water.

The ruins of crushed tower and golden spiers are reached around the city. Mandalay was the main center of Gold Reef and popular tourist destinations, but the poverty of the city has soared as any other place in Myanmar (previous Burma).

Last week, the earthquake also affected Thailand and China. The impact was especially fatal In Myanmar, which was devastated by the blood of the blood of the Blood, the army had a wide range of disillusionment since the army took power in the coup in 2021.

On Tuesday, Myanmar had a minute silence to remember the victims, part of the national mourning of the week. Junta urged the flag to fly from a half mast, and media broadcasts were suspended and asked people to respect people.

Even before the earthquake, more than 3.5 million people were disgusted in this country.

Thousands, Many of them fled abroad To avoid forced drafts -this means that there are few people who help relief, and then the rebuilding of the country after that.

Russia and China, which helped to propose the Myanmar’s military regime, are among the countries that have supported aid and expert.

But the slogan was slow, J said.

“[The rescue teams] I have been working as a non -stop for four days and I think they are a bit tired. They also need some rest.

“But because the damage was so wide, it is simply difficult for relief workers to manage such large -scale destruction because of the limited resources here,” she said.

Junta said it welcomed all the support, but some humanitarian workers said they had a hard time approaching an enhanced earthquake.

Sagaing’s local media where the epicenter of the earthquake is located Restrictions imposed by military authorities To do this, the organization must submit a list of volunteers and items to bring to the area.

Some rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and International Amnesty, urged JUNTA to be able to approach these areas immediately.

Bryony Lau, director of Human Rights Watch Asia, said, “Myanmar’s military Junta is still afraid of thousands of terrible natural disasters.”

“Junta should be free from the terrible past practices, so that life can be reached quickly to people in danger in areas that are affected by humanitarian aid,” she said.

Junta was also criticized for continuing to cause fire in the village as the state was out of disaster. Many parts of Sagaing are controlling the resistance group.

The commander of the PDF (PDF), a network of democratic civilians, told the BBC that the army is doing ground attacks on the BBC.

MIN NAING, a rebel commander who commands 300 fighters, does not counterattack his army. 2 weeks armistice After the earthquake, the Opposition State Federation was announced.

Three Brotherhood Alliance, composed of three people opposing Junta, also announced a month of armistice on Tuesday and helped to promote relief efforts.

Meanwhile, the BBC Burmese reported that there were drone attacks and air bombings in Kachin and Shan.

With additional reports of Rebecca Henschke.