EFFORTS are being intensified to block the breach in the Ngawun River embankment in Laymyethna Township, Ayeyawady Region, as quickly as possible, according to the region’s Department of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems.
Repair work includes placing geotextile bags (geobags) filled with sand and installing steel sheet piles from opposite sides of the breach. Around 80 feet of work using geobags has been completed on one side, while more than 70 feet of steel sheet piling has been completed on the other.
Officials said preparations are also underway to ensure that machinery, seeds and other agricultural inputs are available so that farmers can resume cultivation as soon as water levels recede. — ASH/KNN
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