Out of over 1,500 staff housing buildings in Naypyidaw, 116 collapsed and 507 others were severely damage in the earthquake, according to a letter submitted by the Construction Ministry’s Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Working Committee to the junta’s National Natural Disaster Management Committee on 5 April.

Currently, 623 staff housing units need to be rebuilt, while 427 units need major repairs to be habitable again, the letter stated.

Roughly 484 staff housing units were found to be currently habitable.

It is reported that the 427 severely damaged staff housing buildings will be quickly renovated, and staff will be relocated. The engineering departments of the ministries and construction contractors will be assigned to this process.

According to information released by the Naypyidaw Council, staff housing includes dormitories and employee residences. Each dormitory has 48 rooms, and each employee residence has 24 rooms.

The list of collapsed staff housing units, as submitted by the junta’s Construction Ministry’s Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Working Committee to the National Natural Disaster Management Committee, does not separately categorize dormitories and employee residences.

For ministries without their own construction contractors, the Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Federation (MCEF), the Myanmar Licensed Contractors Association (MLCA), and the Myanmar Developer Association (MDA) will be assigned responsibilities.

The strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter scale struck on 28 March causing casualties in Naypyidaw, Sagaing, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, and southern Shan State.

In Naypyidaw’s Zabuthiri Township, a four-story housing building for junta staff collapsed until only one story remaining, staff and their family members also died.

The earthquake caused significant damage in Naypyidaw, the seat of the military junta, with parliamentary buildings, ministry offices, staff housing, and local residents’ homes and buildings collapsing and destroyed.

Junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said at a meeting held in Naypyidaw on 5 April that 1 million kyats would be provided as aid for each person affected by the earthquake, and assistance would also be provided for damaged buildings depending on the extent of the damage.

It is not yet known when this assistance will be provided, nor has the military leader disclosed the specific amounts allocated for building damage.