Rural Road Improvement Project Inspected in Taungdwingyi Township

Taungdwingyi, November 6

Officials inspected the construction of a rural gravel road in Wa Chan Kar Village, Taungdwingyi Township, Magway Region, this morning. The project is being implemented during the 2026–2027 fiscal year with Union Budget funds.

Assistant Director Daw Mya Thet Htwe of the Magway District Department of Rural Development, together with Township Head U Tun Kyaw Kyaw Myo and departmental staff, inspected the road embankment, gravel paving works, quality tests and pipe culvert construction. Officials also emphasized completing the project on schedule and in accordance with prescribed standards.

The project includes a 4,620-foot-long, 12-foot-wide road embankment, gravel paving, and the construction of two pipe culverts. With a budget of K134.25 million, the project began in the fourth week of June this year and is now more than 50 percent complete.

Upon completion, the road is expected to benefit 556 residents from 203 households in the village and improve the transportation of agricultural produce from 380 acres of farmland to markets, according to U Tun Kyaw Kyaw Myo.—Cho Lay

Translated by JT