The Indian Navy on Sunday moved out two more warships for Yangon city of Myanmar carrying a major relief material onboard. The Indian Army also expanded its operations closer towards the areas affected by the devastation of the March 28 earthquake.

Indian Army and Navy deploy personnel and ships to assist in earthquake relief efforts in Myanmar under "Operation Brahma".

Rebel officials are using elephants to help remove debris from roads closed by a massive earthquake that struck the southeast Asian country of Myanmar last week.

Myanmar's military chief used a speech at the annual Armed Forces Day celebration to reaffirm plans to hold a general election by year's end and call on opposition groups fighting the army to join in party politics.