Mawlaik, 20 June

A group of local authorities inspected the completion of a riverbank erosion protect task undertaken by the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems in Mawlaik Kalay Village, Mawlaik Township in Sagaing Region on 19 June.

The entourage consisting of Amyotha Hluttaw Representative U Tin Maung Win, Deputy Commissioner U Nyi Nyi Lwin, Township Administrator U Kyaw Soe, members of the township level quality inspection and assessment committee and town elders looked into the retaining wall. The retaining wall is 2,400 ft. long and was constructed mostly from concrete at a cost of Ks. 640 million. Construction task started in February and the project has been finished by 100 percent, said U Phyo Wai Win, Assistant Director from the DWIR.

“The newly-constructed retaining wall is expected to prevent the homes along the river from relocating. In 2017, three houses have been relocated due to riverbank erosion and it is beneficial to the village,” said U Chit Win, Village-in charge from Mawlaik Kalay Village.—Mawlaik Tharlay

Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe