Srilanka, April 2 -- The Government has taken steps to urgently provide essential items including dry rations,clothing and hygiene items to the people affected by the earthquakes in Myanmar and Thailand.

Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Acting Minister Gamagedara Dissanayake in a special statement stated that the aid is already being collected through a formal mechanism. The statement also said that the Buddhist Religious and Cultural Affairs Ministry expresses its deepest condolences to the people in Myanmar and Thailand who lost their lives and those who were injured, due to the earthquake.

The release also stated that the Ministry has made a special intervention, taking into account the views of religious leaders, in acc...