Maungdaw, April 10: The UNDP staff in Arakan showed keen interest to rebuild a two kilometre long depleted road, which passes through Shweza village, linking Maungdaw
town with Kayinchaung village, said a Village Council
Member of the area preferring not to mention his name.
The road which passes through Shweja village was
built during British colonial period is now depleted.
On 28th March, 2004, a team of UNDP staff came to Shewza Village Track ( Shuja para) in the outskirts of
Maungdaw Town in Arakan
State and discussed with the villagers
about the repairing of the depleted road, which is estimated to be cost Kyat
260,00,000 (US$ 433,333). The team urged the villagers to contribute Kyat 60,00,000 (US$100,000) to the construction and the rest Kyats
200,00,000(US$ 333,333) will be funded by UNDP.
But the poor villagers expressed their inability for the proposed contribution,
said Amin Ullah
of the village tract.
When asked a village elder, he said, “ It is good for
villagers but it is not possible to contribute money in construction the
depleted road as villagers have no in come during movement restriction of the Rohingya people imposed by SPDC authorities.”
However, the UNDP team asked the villagers to think over the proposal and fix
12th April for the 2nd round of meeting for further
discussion, he further elaborated. ##
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