Mawlaik, 12 May
A riverbank erosion protection task is being undertaken in Sweltaw Ward, Mawlaik Township in Sagaing Region and construction of a retaining wall is about 90 percent completed.
Construction of the retaining wall commenced in the second week of February this year by a tender winning private company and the project has been finished by about 90 percent, said U Sai Saw Min, Site Engineer for the company. The project is being built with Ks. 250 million of the local government’s funds and is scheduled to finish by the end of May.
“The newly-constructed retaining wall is expected to prevent the homes along the river from relocating. In 2017, three houses have been relocated due to riverbank erosion and it is beneficial to the village.—Mawlaik Tharlay
Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe
