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JICA provides assistance for sinking tube-wells in Myothit Tsp

Myothit, 25 June — A team led by of Department of Rural Development Director U Hla Khaing and officials recently inspected the sinking of a four-inch-diameter tubewell in Baw Village in Myothit Township, Magway Region. The Japan International Cooperation Agency provided assistance for sinking the tubewells.

The department will sink 87 tube-wells under the project.

The department sank 60 tube-wells last fiscal year and plans to sink 20 of the remaining 27 wells this year.

Upon completion, the tube-wells will benefit more than 97,000 people from 87 villages in Myothit Township.

Than Naing Oo (Ngaphe)