K30b request to boost Yangon power approved
A request of K30 billion from the special reserved fund, granted by Budget Law of the Union 2016, to be spent for supplying the electricity power shortage in Yangon Region during the summer season was approved by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on March 17 amidst complaints by some MPs about poor electricity conditions in their own regions. The request was discussed by four representatives from Yangon Region, two from Chin State and one each from Sagaing, Magwe, Tanintharyi, Mandalay regions, Mon and Shan states. U Kyaw Ni Naing, representative of constituency 11, Shan State and a member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, said, “The government should choose cost-effective techniques instead of buying generators. Then K30 billion which the government requested can be used for other purposes, like roads, bridges, schools and IDPs.”
