NANG Woe Sein from the Shan State Constituency 12 asked about the plan to build a gymnasium in Myoma Stadium behind Peinsam Basic Education High School in Mongping Township at the 11th-day meeting of the Amyotha Hluttaw in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Union Minister for Sports U Ye Myint Tun pledged to coordinate with Shan State to demand the budget in the nearest fi­nancial year to construct the gymnasium, depend­ing on the land plot set­tlement.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation U Bo Bo Kyaw replied to the questions raised by U Khin Maung Win from the Mandalay Region Constituency 1, saying that the Depart­ment of Agricultural Mechanization is selling agricultural machinery to farmers through a cash sales system at prices lower than market pric­es, while the Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank is providing them through instalment pay­ment schemes, and pri­vate agricultural machin­ery companies are also selling them to farmers under guaranteed instal­ment payment systems.

The Department of Agricultural Mechaniza­tion can’t provide suffi­cient numbers of tractors for land preparation dur­ing the cultivation period and combine harvesters for the harvesting period in the three townships. Therefore, efforts should be made to organize pri­vate agricultural machin­ery service associations comprising machinery owners from respective areas, and only through the participation and uti­lization of privately owned machinery can the transi­tion to mechanized farm­ing be fully implemented.

About the questions submitted by U Ye Yint Soe Nyunt from the Yan­gon Region Constituency 7, the deputy minister stat­ed that the Yangon City Development Committee has conducted a feasibility study on whether it is pos­sible to implement a pro­ject to convey 180 million gallons of water through a pipeline system. As the project has been found to be feasible, plans are be­ing made to proceed with the implementation after submitting a request for funding.

He also responded to one more question that the construction of the Panhlaing Sluice Gate is also a large-scale con­struction project that re­quires substantial finan­cial resources, as well as technical requirements. In addition, there are nu­merous processes that need to be carried out before, during, and after the implementation of the project. Therefore, there are currently no immedi­ate plans to undertake the Panhlaing River dredging works and the construc­tion of the Panhlaing Sluice Gate.

The deputy minister also replied to the queries raised by U Thein Zaw from the Bago Region Constituency 8, stating that the repair work on the Laytu-Hsinlan section of the Laytu-Kunchan em­bankment connecting Lay­tu Village of Thayawady Township and Kungyan Village-tract in Letpadan Township is planned to be carried out in phases, de­pending on the availability of funds. The project will be implemented by seek­ing allocations from the 2027-2028 regional budget or other appropriate fund­ing sources.

The Hluttaw ap­proved the replacement of Daw Kyawt Yin Win from the Sagaing Region Con­stituency 3 with U Thein Hlaing from the Sagaing Region Constituency 7 in the Myanmar-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Association.

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Aung Lin Dwe announced the list of members for the Myan­mar-Laos Parliamentary Friendship Association. The Amyotha Hluttaw will continue its 12th-day meet­ing on 3 July. — MNA/TTA