Kalaw, 17 September

With the aim of boosting the income of local people and their socio-economic status, loans for emerald green project were disbursed to farmers at the village hall of Kyegone Village, Lwe-an village tract, Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State(South) yesterday.

The disbursement of loan is the fourth of its kind in which staff officer of the Township DRD U Kyaw Thu delivered an opening speech and explained rules and procedures of the emerald green project to be followed by rural people.

Afterwards, an official from DRD and members of emerald green project committee disbursed K 46.3 million to farmers in Kyegon Village. Altogether  222 people including 216 people in agriculture business and six in trading business received loans of the project.—Kyaw Win, IPRD

Translated by JT