MoI Union Minister inspects Sarso Beikman construction site

Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn inspected the Sarso Beikman construction site in Mingala Taungnyunt Township of Yangon yesterday.
During the inspection, the Union minister instructed officials to cooperate with the relevant department to remove the vast trees in the area of the three-storey RC Sarso Beikman construction site and also observed the three-storey building that will be upgraded into the Sarpay Beikman library.
Sarso Beikman will be constructed on 2.18 acres of land plot in Mingala Taungnyunt Township as per the directives of the State Head to collect books, photo records and statues of great intellectuals, hold educational talks and dialogues and also for public recreation, made on 24 September 2021.
The Printing and Publishing Department of the Ministry of Information led the construction project, and the Urban and Housing Development Department of the Ministry of Construction designed the building and estimated the cost.
Myanmar and India signed a Project Agreement for the Sarso Beikman construction project on 18 March 2024.
It will be a three-storey RC with 160 feet by 140 feet by 57 feet and eight inches and 52,128 square feet. The Joint Project Monitoring Committee (JPMC) was organized with 11 members for the project.
Four old buildings in project areas were auctioned, and the tender-winning group demolished the buildings as per the fixed date.
It is a two-year project, and the price quotation processes were completed as per the procedures. The construction of Sarso Beikman will begin soon. — MNA/KTZH