23 Aug 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Two high Cutter Suction Dredgers- CSD 500 namely as Ayeyar Maung and Thalar Maung, bought from Netherlands based shipping company, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem were handed over to the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River System...
China ‘ready to share Mekong data’ as down stream riparian nations face dangerously low water levels
22 Aug 2020 - Source: Khmer Times - China is ready to share data on water flows into the Mekong River, a longstanding request of downstream Southeast Asian countries, a Thai foreign ministry official said on Friday and reported by Bangkok Post. Control of the waters is politically sensitive, an...
Yangon govt set to protect nearly 40,000 acres of mangroves
16 Aug 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - A coordination meeting at the Yangon Region Chief Minister's office on 5 August agreed to convert 39,977.52 acres in Thongwa, Kyauktan and Kungyangon townships into protected mangroves. Director U Thein Toe of the Yangon Region Fores...
JV to build Ayeyawady International Industrial Port in Pathein
14 Aug 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Ever Flow River Group Public Company (EFR) joined hands with Ayeyar Hinthar Holdings Co., Ltd (AHH) to implement Ayeyawady International Industrial Port (AIIP) and set up a joint venture namely A Logistics Co., Ltd, according to the EFR's pres...
Local residents want concrete solution from government for Thanzit River pollution
11 AUG 2020 - Source: Mizzima News from Myanmar A pipeline observation group and local residents want the government to conduct a field investigation for pollution in Thanzit River near Made Island, Kyaukphyu Township, Rakhine State and to give concrete solution for this issue. Pipeline observation ...
Myanmar suspends Manipur hydro project in Chin State
11 Aug 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Myanmar has suspended a 380-megawatt hydropower project at the Manipur River in Chin State due to high risks, U Tun Naing, Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy, told the Hluttaw last week. "After a review at the State Economic Coordination Committee M...
ချင်းတွင်းမြစ်နှင့် နန်းကသည်းချောင်း (မဏိပူရ်မြစ်) တို့တွင် ပြုလုပ်ထားသော ကမ်းပါးထိန်းနံရံများ ပြိုကျပျက်စီးမှုဖြစ်ပေါ်
11 Aug 2020 - Source: Eleven Media Group Co.,Ltd. ချင်းတွင်းမြစ်ဘေး မော်လိုက်မြို့နယ် မော်လိုက်ကလေးကျေးရွာတွင် ပြုလုပ်ထား သော ကမ်းပါးထိန်းနံရံနှင့် ကလေးမြို့နယ် မြောက်စည်းကျေးရွာတို့တွင် ပြုလုပ်ထားသော နန်းကသည်းချောင်း (မဏိပူရ်မြစ်) ကမ်း ပါးထိန်းနံရံများ ပြိုကျပျက်စီးမှုဖြစ်ပေါ်လျက် ရှိသည်ဟု သိရသည်။ ...
Expression of Interest: Design and Build Water Supply Projects in Dedaye Township, Ayeyarwady Region
SCOPE OF ENGINEERING SERVICES The services required will be encompass 2 phases:Phase 1: Development of construction drawings based on the assessment of project villagesThe completion and submission of construction documents based on a detailed assessment of the 2 project villages and performance req...
Mekong River Commission Urges More Data Sharing Amid Low Water Levels in Lower Mekong
07 Aug 2020 - Source: Radio Free Asia - As water levels in the lower-Mekong region hit record lows for the second year in a row, a report published Friday by the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission urged China, Myanmar and its member countries to share more data about hydroelectric dam op...
Over 9,000 peoples affected as heavy rainfall in Bago
07 Aug 2020 - Source: Eleven Myanmar - As Ayeyawady River in Bago Region swelled to record level as of August 4th and heavy rain poured in eastern Bago Region, floods hit seven townships leaving over 9,000 victims. During this day, the Ayeyawady River has risen in some townships of western Bago...
Myanmar-Singapore JV to start aluminium shipbuilding
05 Aug 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Yangon Ferry Operator Tint Tint Myanmar Group of Companies will jointly build aluminium ships at the shipyard in Insein Township, Yangon, together with SAM Aluminium Engineering Pte Ltd, pioneers in the craft of aluminium shipbuilding. Daw Tint Tin...
New Yangon Water Bus services in October
05 Aug 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Yangon Water Bus service will run new routes along Yangon River in October, said Daw Tint Tint Lwin, chair of the Yangon Water Bus. The ferries will run along the Pansodan-Ant Gyi and Thamada-Botahtaung routes as usual, as well as to Twante starting fro...
Patrol team deployed to protect dolphins from illegal fishing
03 Aug 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Patrol team will strictly combat illegal fishing to protect dolphins in Ayeyawady River, said U Tun Tun Win, head of Sagaing Region Fisheries Department. "We must take strict measures to curb illegal fishing", he added. Surveillance operations...
Join the Water Talk Show - Let’s talk about Chindwin River Basin Organization
The Chindwin River is the biggest tributary of the Ayeyarwady River. The health of the river is important to the economic development of the region and the quality of life of its inhabitants. There are already signs that the Chindwin River Basin is facing serious environmental and water management c...
Construction of inshore inspection jetty bridge in Kawthoung to complete in September
01 Aug 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - The construction of inshore inspection jetty bridge necessary for the fisheries sector in Kawthoung will be reportedly completed in this September, according to the Kawthoung District Fisheries Federation (KDFF). The fisheries entrepreneurs co...