Yangon water supplies to rise by year's end

WORK on a water pumping station in Mayangone township that will increase water supplies to Yangon city by almost 15 percent is expected to finish by the end of the year, the Yangon City Development Committee announced in its daily newspaper The City News. The YCDC’s expansion of the Yegu Water Pumping Station includes the construction of a 153,600-cubic-foot reservoir and the installation of a water pump that will be able to supply an additional 20 million gallons of water a day to the city. The station currently supplies 30 million gallons of treated water everyday to Yangon’s residential areas. Five water pumping stations in Yangon currently have the capacity to supply the city with up to 140 million gallons a day. – Zaw Htet

YCDC cement factory to open next year

THE Yangon City Development Committee will soon start construction work on its own cement factory in Tharsi township, Mandalay Division, the City News reported. The factory, being built by the YCDC in collaboration with an unnamed Chinese construction company, will produce 500 tonnes of cement each day when it is completed next year, the report said. It added that cement from the plant was destined for buildings and road and drainage maintenance in Yangon. – Zaw Htet