Union Minister Lt-Gen Ye Aung inspects homes, roads in Rakhine State

UNION MINISTER for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Ye Aung met with Rakhine State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu in Sittway on 29 November and coordinated matters relating to regional development, human resources development, as well as road, bridge and low-cost housing construction works.

Union Minister Lt-Gen Ye Aung also inspected 100 low-cost houses built by the Ministry of Border Affairs at Kyaukpandu Village, Maungtaw Township, and transferred the houses to the State Government to allocate local ethnic nationals. He also reviewed concerns raised by the local populace.

Afterwards, the Union Minister inspected the completed 13 mile Maungtaw-Waithali-U Daung concrete road constructed with fiscal year 2012-2013 funding, along with the Angumaw-Inndin-Kyaukpandu-Oo Daung concrete road built by Asia World Company.

In the evening, the Union Minister was briefed by an engineer-in-charge on the completed Shwezar-Pyinphyu concrete road, at the briefing hall. The Union Minister then inspected the completion of repair works on Pyinphyu-Hla Phoe Khaung-Kyikanpyin road.

On the morning of 30 November, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ye Aung inspected maintenance work performed on Buthidaung-Taungbazar Road, followed by a meeting with Mro and Thet ethnic nationals who were allocated 63 low-cost houses in Taungbazar Village, Buthidaung Township. The low-cost houses were constructed with funds from fiscal year 2017-2018. The Union Minister also provided solar lamps to the ethnic nationals.

In the afternoon, the Union Minister inspected the Palinpyin-Aung Daing-Kyet Taw Pyin 3/1 mile road in Sittway Township and Shwe Mingan junction to Gangawkyun-Ywathit 3/1 mile earth road to be constructed with fiscal year 2018-2019 funding.

Also, the Ministry of Border Affairs is conducting border region development works consisting of constructing roads and bridges, acquiring potable and irrigation water, education, health, religious matters, provision of solar lamps and low-cost houses for local ethnic nationals.

In building low-cost homes for ethnic nationals in Rakhine State, the ministry has constructed 50 houses in Maungtaw Township at Shwe Baho Village, 100 houses at Kyaukpandu Village, 50 houses at Nan Ya Kaing Village and 18 in Khone Tai Village. In Buthidaung Township 63 houses were built in Taungbazar Village and 46 in Yathedaung Township in Awatar Village. Plans call to continue to fulfill requirements in other villages in the upcoming fiscal years, said an official.

MNA (Translated by Kyaw Zin Lin)

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar