This update is produced by OCHA Myanmar in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 19 to 23 July 2019. HIGHLIGHTS Monsoon floods that have affected eight states and regions are estimated to have displaced more than 78,000 people.Where flood waters have receded, evacuation...
Recap of Facebook Campaign - "Water Wave" Campaign
Last month we launched our very first Facebook campaign on the Facebook – it was the very first time we did this, aiming to increase engagement with our online community. Under the name of 'Creating a Water Wave', we asked our followers to share their favourite article of the Myanmar Water Por...
One of the Myanmar Maritime Experts at PIANC 7th Biennial Technical Visit
The Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses (PIANC) is an international professional organization to provide expert guidance and technical advice on technical, economic and environmental issues relating to waterborne transport infrastructures such as canals, rivers as well as po...
Urban Water Logistics for a Greater Yangon Program (UWLY) Water Roadmap 2018-2021 Workshop
Introduction A series of activities to support Yangon Region Government (YRG) in tackling urban water and logistics challenges of Yangon have been done within nine months after the launch of Urban Water Logistics for a Greater Yangon program (UWLY). On 23rd of July, the UWLY consortium has com...
Myanmar’s lifeblood in peril
30 July 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Ayeyarwady River, dubbed the lifeblood of Myanmar and home to a threatened species of dolphin, is being suffocated by tonnes of plastic being dumped into it every day. It has been ranked the ninth most polluted river in the world, behind the Philippines' Pasi...
Magwe flood victims get relief aid
29 July 19 - Source: Global New Light Of Myanmar - Dr Win Myat Aye, Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, provided flood victims in Magwe Region with relief assistance yesterday. The Ayeyawdy water inundated some areas of Magwe Region, forcing the locals to take temporary shelt...
Water outflow from spillway at Kyeeohn-Kyeewa Dam, no cause for alarm yet
29 July 19 - Source: Global New Light Of Myanmar - Kyeeohn-Kyeewa Dam in Pwintbyu Township, Magway Region, overflowed 2.1 feet above its 340 feet mark yesterday morning and officials put up green flags to notify local residents of the emergency level 1 situation, according to the local irrigation an...
Ayeyawady basin receives new multi-purpose vessel
29 July 19 - Source: Global New Light Of Myanmar - Myanma Shipyards-AMECC Joint Venture Co., Ltd delivered the Ayeyawady basin new multi-purpose vessel BH-101 to the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems (DWIR) under the Ministry of Transportation and Communication during a...
Dawei SEZ stands better chance with Japanese participation, officials say
25 July 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - The governments of Myanmar, Japan and Thailand will be meeting over the troubled Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) project that has stalled since 2013 for lack of funding. Located 20 kilometres north of Dawei, capital of Tanintharyi Region in Myanmar's southeast ...
Environmental Planning and Implementation - Interview with a Myanmar Delegate
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water facility in the world and is based in Delft, the Netherlands. The institute offers MSc and PhD Programmes as well as a wide range of short courses. These intensive and highly specialized short courses are effective f...
Myanmar to pick deep-sea port location next year
24 July 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - Exclusive: The location for Myanmar's first deep-sea port will be decided next year, according to a senior government official. "Construction of a Yangon deep-sea port is one of the projects included as second priority in the National Transport Master Plan. Work ...
The Completion of New Yangon City Master Planning
July 23, 2019 The master planning for New Yangon City was recently completed by AECOM, which identified the most efficient land-use planning and built environment. This included infrastructure, economic development, environmental planning, transportation planning, social and cultural planning. AECOM...
Flood forces families in Sagaing Township to evacuate
23 July 19 - Source: Eleven Media - More than 8,000 people from over 2,000 family households from 13 villages and wards in Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region, are evacuated as flood water from Ayeyawady River flowed into the areas, according to Sagaing Township Management Committee. The flood victims ...
Hundreds of homes flooded in Amarapura township
23 July 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - Hundreds of houses in the Shwe Kyat Yat village tract in Amarapura township, Mandalay Region, have been flooded due to rising water from the Ayeyarwady River, says a village elder in the area. "The Ayeyarwady River has been rising since last week and flooded vill...
Water for Society - Including All
"Water for society – including all", a 2019 World Water Week theme, reminds me how water plays a fundamental role within society. by Author - Written by Pan Ei Ei Phyo Access to clean water and sanitation is a basic human right, it is essential to ensure that people have safe, secure affordable wate...