The World Bank has granted 80 mil- lion US dollars for Myanmar National Com- munity Development projects in three town- ships in Myanmar.
The work of the 86.3-million US dol- lars project is now underway in Kanpetlet in Chin State, Namhsam in Shan State and Kyunsu in Taninthayi Region, reported the New Light of Myanmar.
The six-year project, the first World Bank project in 25 years in Myanmar, be- gan last March and will cover 400 villages in three rural townships, including remote areas in Shan State, the report said.
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 pro- tection, irrigation and drainage, health and education.
According to the World Bank, five more townships will be added in the second year and seven in the third year of the proj- ect. Over the next two years, 15 of Myanmar’s 330 townships will benefit from the project.
In subsequent years, local people will be able to choose the type of public infra- structure they wish to build or upgrade.
