26 August

Floods have damaged some road sections to block the ways for cars on Hpa-an-Kawkareik-Myawady motorway in Kayin State. 

The local government managed for the regular traffic flow on 24th August with the collaboration of police forces, fire fighters, road department, village administration and the officials concerned. 

Gyaing river burst its banks and flooded the approach road to Gyaing (Kawkareik) Punton Baw bridge on 8 August. The road section was temporarily blocked to avoid more incidents, causing over 3,000 vehicles stranded at both sides of the bridge. 

The Chief Minister of Kayin State closely supervised to solve this problem on 14th August, but the road shoulders were damaged at the road section of Kyakalay and Tharyargone. 

The trucks en route from Hpa-an to Myawady have been instructed to queue near Kyakalay junction, Eindu junction, between Tharyargon and Weikayin villages and near the school of Kawkadar village; those from Myawady to Hpa-an are to park near Myawady trade zone, Hlaingwa inspection gate and near Koe Tine village for alternative passes.

Moreover, the 14-tone and smaller cars on Myawady-Yangon road were allowed to pass Htilon-Tarpaung-Pata-Nabu-Kawkareik route; the empty vehicle and small cars en route from Myawady to Mawlamyine and Thanintharyi could be driven on Chaunghnakhwa-Mudon road through Koetine-Hlaingkwe; the trucks on the route of Yangon-Hpa-an-Kawkareik-Myawady were directed Thahton-Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine), Zarthabyin-Eindu-Tharmanya-Kyakalay-Kyondoe-Myawady and its down route is Myawady-Kawkareik-Kyondoe-Kyakalay-Zarthabyin-Hpa-an. 

The temporary routes will be used till the vehicles can be driven on the normal road in one or two days.—Saw Myo Thein (IPRD) (Translated by Aung Khin)