Dredging works completed 97% in Bhamo to improve port waterway

The Bhamo District Construction Quality Control Committee inspected the 97-per-cent completion of the dredging work to improve the port waterway in Bhamo Township, Kachin State, on 10 March.
The Dredging Division of the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems under the Ministry of Transport and Communications started the Bhamo port dredging work on 27 November 2021 with Union Fund K490 million of 2021-2022 (October- March) mini-budget period for proper flow of water at the port in Bhamo and reduce landslides in Papaung, Yayle, Manmalin and Kaungsint villages, which are located on the bank of the Ayeyawady River on the other side of Bhamo.
The dredging work was 4,300 metres long, 35 metres wide, 3 metres deep below the datum of water level and it is completed 97 per cent of work on 10 March 2022, according to Deputy Director U Kyaw Naing Oo of the Dredging Division with the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems.
On behalf of the Chairman of the Bhamo District Construction Quality Control Committee, Deputy District Administrator U Aung Swe and members of the committee inspected the site to ensure completion of work in time.
Deputy Director U Kyaw Naing Oo, the Dredging Division with the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems explained the completion of work. — Kein Phyu (IPRD)/GNLM