Announcement on road closure, prohibition in designated areas on Martyrs’ Day

July 10, 2017

Some Yangon roads will close on 18-19 July a security measure during the 70th Martyrs’ Day (Martyrs’ Day) commemoration.

The holiday will be memorialized by high level officials and relatives of the late national independence leader Bogyoke Aung San and other fallen leaders.

Road closures will include Shwegondine Road between the junction U Wizara Road and Link Street and Arzani Road from Shwegondine Road up to the eastern archway of the Shwedagon Pagoda and the Oak-hlaykha street and Kyaukse Dhammayon Street will close from 6 p.m. on 18 July until 6 p.m. 19 July.

Invited guests will enter the Martyr’s Mausoleum venue through Gate 2 at the northern archway of Shwedagon and depart from Gate 3 on Shwegondine Road.

The mausoleum will open to the public on Martyrs’ Day from noon to 5 pm. Visitors to the Martyr’s Mausoleum, Bogyoke Museum and the old Secretariat are strictly prohibited from taking together with them various kinds of garlands, flower bundles, flower baskets, handbags, cameras, cell phones, vinyl, bottles, boxes, wooden, iron or plastic flagpoles, or any object that is harmful to the security.

Visitors to the Martyr’s Mausoleum, Bogyoke Museum and the old Secretariat are requested to fully cooperate with the security guards at the check points to the places and to follow the rules.

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar