07 Sep 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - A drilling in Htantalan, Chin State, struck water on Sunday, supplying drinking water to the town which has a population of over 10,000 people. The water gushed out of the tubewell at the depth of 520 feet with a rate of 5,000 gallons of...
Urban Development Plan for Regional Cities- Mandalay, Pathein, and Mawlamyine
Due to the promotion of economic deregulation after shifting the policy to emphasize reforms on international relations and economy since 2011, Myanmar has been more powerful as a new investment frontier in Asia as well as worldwide. Myanmar's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is estimated to ...
Flood warnings for cities on Thanlwin, Chindwin and Ayeyarwady rivers
26 Aug 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Flood warnings have been issued for people living on the riverbanks and in the low lands of the Thanlwin, Chindwin and Ayeyarwady rivers. U Kyaw Moe Oo, director general of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, said water run-off is flowing from the ...
Emergency Flood Control Structures for Improved Health and Safety of residents in Mandalay
HST's application knowhow and on-site innovation with KSB's efficient Amacan pumps designed for flood control successfully resolved the problems at the collapsed embankment The land on the eastern bank of the Irrawaddy River (also known as the Ayeyarwady River) where the Mandalay City sits is low an...
Two cutter suction dredgers-CSD 500 handed over to Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems
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...
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...
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...
Water levels in Sagaing and Nyaung-U now above danger level
30 July 2020 - Source: Eleven Myanmar - Water level of Ayeyawady River in Mandalay nearly reached its danger level on July 28 and it may reach its danger level within 24-hr, announced the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH). Water level of Ayeyawady River in Mandalay has reached 1,253...
Mandalay braces for Ayeyarwady River flooding
28 July 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Ayeyarwady River in Mandalay Region could overflow in the next two days, as it reached the height of 12.33 metres on July 26, said the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. The department said the river is rising about one centimetre per hour and is...
Myanmar: Mandalay Floods - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) (DREF MDRMM015)
Source IFRC (reliefweb) Originally published 27 Jul 2020 A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster A total of 4,000 households of 20,000 people in Mandalay are affected by the rapid onset flood that was caused by a broken geological sedimentary dike1 on 19 July 2020. Mandalay is an administr...
Monsoon flooding in Myanmar forces over 25,000 people to flee their homes
27 July 2020 - Source: Mizzima - Monsoon flooding forced over 25,000 people to leave their homes in Myanmar's regions and states, an official of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement told Xinhua on Saturday. "As of Thursday, there are only 78 shelters left, accommodating over ...
Solving water scarcity making good use of the available structures and conditions in central dry zone of Myanmar
"If the reservoir harvests rainwater to its full capacity, it can supply water not only to Kula village but also to the neighboring villages" by U Maung Maung Oo, a lead advocate of Natural Green Alliance (N.G.A) 24 July 2020 - Local knowledge is the main asset that can contribu...
Water from Ayeyawady embankment collapse in Amarapura under control, over 13,400 affected by flood
22 July 2020 - Source: Eleven Media Group - Although the floods caused by the broken embankment on the bank of the Ayeyawady River near Shwege Sewage Pumping Station in Amarapura Township, Mandalay Region, is now under control, the number of affected local people has reached over 13,400. A leak...
Vice President U Henry Van Thio inspects renovation of embankment and strand road in Amarapura
22 July 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Vice President U Henry Van Thio, in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Disaster Management Committee, inspected the control of Ayeyawady River flood- waters caused by damages to the embankment near Shwe Gae wastewater treatment facility ...
Chin State Minister inspects construction works at Lower Laivar Dam
21 July 2020 - Global New Light of Myanmar - The Chin State Minister for Agriculture, Livestock Breeding, Forestry and Mines U Mang Hen inspected construction works at Lower Laivar Dam, the third dam in the Chin State, on 19 July afternoon. Firstly, U Toe Myint, the dam construction group offic...