15 December
ANEW embankment was built in Zalun Township, Ay-eyawady Region in order to prevent flooding from the river water. The embank-ment is 7,500 ft in length and was built by three tender winning companies with K990.868 million of the allotted funds in the fiscal year 2018-2019. The project has been 100 per cent finished and maintenance work is being undertaken by staff from the Irrigation and Water Utilization Management De-partment under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. The project enables over 1.25 million people to pro-tect more than 300,000 acres of farmland in Zalun, Kyonpyaw, Yekyi, Danabyu, Kyaunggon, and Ngathainggyoung Town-ships from flooding.
A rural bridge measuring 45 ft in length and 12 ft in width was constructed in Ngathaing-gyoung Township, Ayeyawady Region. Construction of the bridge over the Kyein Creek started in April this year and has been opened to public recently. The structure con-necting some villages from three village-tracts is an im-portant link to access to the Pathein-Monywa Road and Yekyi Township. The facility was built with K5 million from the parliamentary budget and contributing to socioeconomic development of the area. The new bridge is 50 ft long, 10 ft K7 million contributed by local people. Now, local people can use the new bridge in all sea-sons with greater ease, there-by helping them to transport locally-made products to other regions in an easy manner. In addition, the bridge is expect-ed to promote development of trade in the region, facilitate swift flow of goods, and reduce transportation charges A rural bridge which was built under the Village Develop-ment Plan (VDP) being imple-mented by the Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Agriculture, Live-stock and Irrigation has been opened to public in Wakema Township, Ayeyawady Region. It was constructed at a cost of Ks. 15 million contributed under the VDP and donated by local people. Residents from nearby villages can now use the new bridge in all seasons with greater ease, thereby wide and 15 ft high and was constructed mostly from rein-forced concrete. Be it what it may, road transportation will no longer be a headache for local people who once experienced travels and access barriers to other areas due to poor road transportation.
The Maubin Industrial Zone, located beside the Yan-gon-Maubin-Kyaiklat-Pyapon Road and 87 kilometres from Yangon City is being developed with the permission of the My-anmar Investment Commis-sion starting from 10 Novem-ber 2017. It will have access to Thilawa Port through Toe River and Twantay Canal and is situated in a road network that can connect ten cities including Yangon and Pathein in all sea-sons. The industrial park is be-ing established on 249.28 acres of farmland and will include around 50 textile and garment factories, construction mate rials manufacturing plants and warehouses. The three-year project is expected to create 70,000 jobs for local people and is slated to be completed in 2020. The de-velopers are also urged to conduct environmental and social impacts of the project with the aim of lessening negative effects and take grievances of local people into consideration.
A rural bridge on the Ahmar-Pyapon Road in Pyapon District, Ayeyawady Region reopened to pedes-trians, vehicles and motor-bikes on 30 November. The old bridge over the Seik-ma Creek collapsed on 9 November due to floodwa-ters and the Bridge Con-struction Group — 16 re-constructed the damaged bridge within two weeks for the convenience of lo-cal people. Construction of the bridge was complet-ed as schedule. The new bridge is 280 ft long, 16 ft wide and 17 ft high and can withstand up to five tons of weight, according to an official from the construc-tion group. Now, pedestri-ans, traffic and motorbikes are allowed to traverse the bridge, helping local people travel to Pyapon without any delay.
By Kyaw Htike Soe
