The music concert, planned inTaungup district town of Rakhine State for the benefit of the cyclone Mochaaffected families, was canceled as the district junta authority deniednecessary permission.

The event was supposed to take placeat Taungup stadium from 2 June till 4 June in the evening hours.

Accordingto the organizer of the music program, they requested authorization from thedistrict general office for the event, but the authority ultimately refused toaccept it.

Their proposal was endorsed by many,including the township police chief, a local police officer from the area and afire service officer, but the district office rejected all.

The organizers expressed regret thatthey did not receive the permission and hence it was not done.

Thus the initiative to raise fundsto assist people, who are still experiencing difficulties after the Mocha, wasprevented.

The authority even asked the organisersto  sign a bond admitting that they would notorganise it. A number of singers were ready for their performance.

The music event wasdedicated to the memory of  Sein Pa My from Buddha Dharma Maha missionary school. The groupplanned to  organize the event for the third year in a row.

This time, the tickets were pricedat Kyats 5,000 for the first class, Kyats 4,000 for the second and Kyats 3,000for the third class.

Thecyclone Mocha hit RakhineState on 14 May and many townships including Rathedaung, Sittwe, Ponna Kyunt,Kayuk Taw, Pauk Taws etc were severely affected.

Currently, millions ofMocha-affected families are waiting for food, drinking water, medicine andshelter. The military government had offered a little support and hence theyare expecting donations from non-government organizations.

Taungup township was also forecastto be affected by Mocha but it survived with very little damage.

The Taungup disaster relief team wasformed on 15 May and it started working from 18 May. Kyats 8,00,000 and reliefmaterials for four days (worth Kyats over 300,000) were provided by the team.

Shockingly, the Burmese militarycouncil remains reluctant to offer full assistance to the affected families inthe Rakhine localities.