The second-day meeting of the second regular session of the Third Pyithu Hluttaw commenced at the convention hall of the Hluttaw Complex in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
Pyithu
Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Yi announced that, out of 351 Pyithu Hluttaw
representatives entitled to attend the second day of the second regular session
of the Third Pyithu Hluttaw, 349 were present at today’s meeting, resulting in
an attendance rate of 99.43 per cent. Accordingly, it was declared that the
meeting had achieved quorum and was duly opened.
At
the meeting, Nay Pyi Taw Council member U Khin Maung Latt replied to the
question raised by U Tin Aung Chit from the Aunglan Constituency.
He
stated that vehicles from villages near the camps, as well as those registered
within the designated mileposts of the Bwatgyi entrance and Kyeni Chaung exit
gates, are granted free passage. Meanwhile, vehicles from Aunglan pay a
single-use toll at the Kyeni Chaung exit gate, which is waived if they return
within one hour.
The
Max Highway Co Ltd (BOT) carries out annual road upgrading, maintenance and
repair works along the 61 miles seven furlongs of the Aunglan-Kopin Road in
Aunglan District. Emergency works are also undertaken whenever flooding occurs.
He
further explained that relocating the Aunglan (exit) (Kyeni Chaung) gate beyond
milepost 231/5 outside the Aunglan Township boundary will reduce toll revenue
collection, resulting in lower tax revenues for the State and weaker control
over overweight vehicles, which could cause greater damage to roads and
bridges. Therefore, relocating the toll gates outside the township boundary
would not be appropriate.
Member
U Khin Maung Latt made clarifications regarding the questions raised by U Hla
Swe from the Pobbathiri Constituency.
He
said that the intervillage road of Thitseintpin tract Chinsu Kyapin Inn
villages is currently four miles long.
Upgrading
it into a macadam road will require a minimum road width of 24 feet. If the
macadam road project could be implemented, it would benefit four villages with
754 households and a population of 2,842 people.
Therefore,
starting from the 2027-2028 financial year, the macadam road construction
project for the road section from the inter-district road to Thitseintpin
village in Tatkon Township will be proposed and implemented in phases,
depending on the availability of Nay Pyi Taw Council capital funds.
Deputy
Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation replied to the questions
raised by U Thein Tun Oo from the Amarapura Constituency. He stated that
filters to block water hyacinths will be installed at the water inflow points
into Taungthaman Lake to prevent further spread. To preserve the natural beauty
of Taungthaman Lake and the U Bein Bridge throughout the seasons, the Mandalay
City Development Committee has been carrying out daily cleaning operations and
planting flowers around the lake and bridge areas. The Department of Fisheries
supervises fish breeding operations in the lake through an auction with fishery
operators. Therefore, the Department of Fisheries and fishery auctioneers will
continuously supervise and carry out the removal of water hyacinths to ensure
the lake surface remains clean and free of hyacinths.
Water
hyacinth removal operations had previously been carried out with assistance
from the city development committee using a backhoe, fuel and labour support
from the lake leaseholder. However, the work has been temporarily suspended due
to fuel shortages. The holder of the Taungthaman Lake grant is continuing
limited operations using a small hyacinth-cutting raft. Efforts are also
underway to clear water hyacinths along drainage channels to help increase
cultivable farmland areas.
Deputy
Minister U Bo Bo Kyaw also replied to the questions raised by U Khin Maung Than
from the Kalay Constituency. He said that more than 300,000 pits of sediment
had been dredged from the Yezagyo Dam near Yezagyo Village in Kalay Township,
Sagaing Region, from the 2015-2016 to 2022-2023 financial years, depending on
available funding.
No
dredging work was carried out during the 2023-2024 financial year due to local
security conditions. However, in June and July 2025, sediment and debris
blocking the water intake structure were removed to resume irrigation water
supply and electricity generation. In August 2025, electricity generation had
to be suspended again because of excessive sediment and debris inflows. Water
overflowing from the spillway was diverted into the main canal to irrigate
monsoon paddy fields.
He
added that feasibility studies will also be conducted to implement related
works to ensure full irrigation coverage and regular electricity generation.
Sediment removal from the dam requires considerable time due to the massive
scale and high costs involved.
He
also made clarifications for the questions raised by Sai Sein Win from the
Laikha Constituency. He replied that agricultural technicians specializing in
soil, seeds and diseases from the Department of Agriculture are providing
technical assistance for crop cultivation.
The
Agricultural Mechanization Department is also arranging to sell 15 large
tractors, 650 hand tractors and 10 harvesters directly to farmers during the
2026-2027 financial year. To enable farmers to purchase agricultural machinery,
dryers, warehouses and rice mills, loans with an interest rate of six per cent
are being provided, with loan amounts increased to up to K 300 million for one
sector and over K300 million for another sector, as announced in state-owned
newspapers on 4 April 2026.
Regarding
the availability of land for crop storage facilities, it would need to comply
with farmland laws and regulations. To create crop markets, agreements have
been signed with China’s General Administration of Customs covering nine
approved crops and commodities, and arrangements have been made for seven
commodities to be exported to the Chinese market.
To
secure markets for agricultural products, the government is increasing crop
loan rates, expanding agricultural machinery loans, ensuring the availability
of agricultural inputs, promoting contract farming systems, encouraging
productivity targets, educating farmers on the combined use of natural and
chemical fertilizers to reduce input costs, and providing agricultural inputs
through the State Economic Promotion Fund with a crop-based payment system.
He
then replied to the questions raised by U Sai Sam from Mongyan Constituency. He
stated that local farmers have been diverting water from the Namlwe Creek using
a self-built temporary dam made of logs and bamboo for cultivation purposes.
That self-built temporary dam is frequently damaged due to the heavy rainfall
in the rainy season. Therefore, in order to enable double-cropping on 160 acres
of farmland in Wamtawng Village, the construction of a stone masonry concrete
diversion weir will be proposed under the 2027-2028 state budget or other
appropriate funding sources for implementation.
A
proposal of Dr Win Htay from the Ingapu Constituency urging the Union
government to form prize stabilizing committee for farmland areas was submitted
to the Hluttaw, and the Hluttaw agreed, and an announcement was made that those
who want to discuss that motion can nominate.
The
Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker submitted the formation of a committee on domestic and
international non-governmental organizations to the Hluttaw.
The
Deputy Speaker clarified the duties, authorities, rights, terms and meetings of
the committee.
The
Speaker submitted to the Hluttaw that the committee will be formed with 15
members, and duties will be assigned to U Thet Pon from Sagaing Constituency as
chair and U Tun Lwin from the ChaungU Constituency as secretary.
The
Pyithu Hluttaw will continue its third-day meeting of the second regular
session at 10 am on 5 June.
MNA/KTZH
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