Construction of Ayeyarwady coastal expressway to start this year

11 Nov 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Implementation of the Ayeyarwady Coastal Region Development Project, an expressway connecting Ayeyarwady Region and Rakhine State listed under the Myanmar Project Bank, will start from this fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Construction. The project...

Pansodan-Dala ferries run 22 routes for increasing commuters

07 Nov 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Ferries are running 22 routes starting from 5 November because of an increasing number of passengers at Pansodan-Dala jetty, according to the Delta Division of Inland Water Transport (IWT). Earlier, Pansodan-Dala ferry line has reduced its ope...

Thakut River bridge to be completed in March

05 Nov 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The new Dala and Kawmhu bridge over Thakut River is now 95 percent complete and should be operational by the end of March 2021, said project engineer U Thet Wai Aung.  "The Thakut River bridge is situated on the Dala-Thkut-Let Khoke Kone-Kanyin Kone ro...

New navigation signal and Yangon River

31 Oct 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Yangon is still keeping up a development momentum despite suffering setbacks triggered by Covid-19 pandemic. Yangon is a commercial hub of the country, and so Yangon's development plays a major role in the progress of economy of the State. Tra...

Myanmar Receives 16 Proposals for New Yangon City Project

26 Oct 2020 - Source: The Irrawaddy - Myanmar says it has received 16 proposals from nine countries, including Japan, Singapore, Italy, Spain and France, to compete against a Chinese company's proposal for the New Yangon City project, which is part of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). On ...

Yangon city’s water management

25 Oct 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Although the rainy season is going on now, there is a remarkable rise in the temperature in Yangon with less rainfall. Global climate is fast changing day after day affected by the global warming. Meteorologists hope that the global tempe...

Introduction to QGIS and Kobotoolbox for Mapping Flood Based Farming Systems

About this Manual This User Manual was developed based on an introductory training on the application of Geospatial Information Systems conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for the Department of Agriculture staff stationed in the Ayeyarwady Delta. The training and this Ma...

Myanmar Port Authority has organized the 2nd Yangon-Coco Island shipping services

20 Oct 2020 - Source: Myanmar International TV - Myanmar Port Authority has organized the 2nd second Yangon-Coco Island shipping services, leaving from No.3 Sule Jetty in Yangon on 18th of October. This MV. Charities vessel carried 220 tons of cargos and 70 passengers including govern...

Yangon calls for EOI submissions for New Yangon industrial park

16 Oct 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) under the Yangon Region Government has invited expressions of interest (EOI) for the development of an industrial park in New Yangon City, according to the Swiss Challenge Tender Committee on October 15. This fol...

The ailing Ayeyarwady

11 Oct 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Born in Phaung Gyi village on an island near the shore of the Ayeyarwady River in Nyaung-U Township, just under 150 kilometers south-west of Mandalay, Ko Aung Zaw Oo feels agitated whenever he returns home. He is now 43. Throughout his life, his village has...

HKU students design a system for clean water supply to benefit a school in a deprived area in Myanmar

11 Oct 2020 - Source: The University of Hong Kong - A group of students from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) took part in a novel solution to address the water supply problem in a slum area in Myanmar. Twenty HKU students went on a three-week trip organised by the Department of Civi...

Ferries run only with over 600 commuters aboard per day

07 Oct 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar Three Cherry ferries are running daily for the people from Dala and its surrounding townships to reach the commercial hub of Yangon City. With the declining number of passengers during COVID-19 outbreak, the ferry vessels are operating with only a fe...

A Local Self-Driven Man Solving Floods – The Importance of Local Leadership in Myanmar Water Sector

One of the fundamental essences of leaderships is self-motivation, the ability to motivate yourself and drive people to keep going even in the face of setbacks, to create opportunities and to demonstrate a commitment to what they want to achieve. Aside from the definition, this is a message that I w...

Mangrove restoration, a critical challenge for increasing resilience in Myanmar

With the collaboration of the Netherlands Embassy in Myanmar and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Myanmar, the virtual workshop for the scope of the study on mangrove restoration and increasing resilience in the Ayeyarwady delta was held on 24th September 2020. The workshop was conducted to Present ...

Dala bridge construction suspended during Yangon stay-home period

24 Sep 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Nine people working on the construction of Dala Bridge who were quarantined for COVID-19 have tested positive for the coronavirus. Work on the project will now be suspended for as long as the Yangon stay-at-home order is in place. "After we detected the fir...