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World Bank has granted 80 million U. S. dollars for Myanmar National
Community Development projects in three townships in Myanmar,
official media reported Saturday.
The work of the 86.3-million U.S. dollars project is now underway in
Kanpetlet in Chin State, Namhsam in Shan State and Kyunsu in
Taninthayi Region, said the New Light of Myanmar.
The six-year project, the first World Bank project in 25 years in
Myanmar, started in March and will be in its first year -- covering
400 villages in three rural townships, including remote areas in
Shan State, the report said.
According to the World Bank, five more townships will be added in
the second year and seven in the third year of the project.
Over the next two years, 15 of Myanmar's 330 townships will benefit
from the project.
During the first year of its operation, the project will benefit
people in a given township, with work planned in a wide range of
areas, including inter-urban roads and highways, water, sanitation
and flood protection, irrigation and drainage, health and education.
In subsequent years, local people will be able to choose the type of
public infrastructure they wish to build or upgrade.
Source from Xinhua News |
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