Deputy Ministers respond to questions raised by lawmakers

THE Amyotha Hluttaw continued the seventh-day meeting at its meeting hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.

Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Min Thu replied to the queries raised by MP U Kyaw Win Oo from the Bago Region Constituency 6, saying that Myanmar has been pro­gressively strengthening its search and rescue capa­bilities based on the experi­ences and lessons learned from its cooperation with international search and rescue teams during the Mandalay earthquake. Efforts are being beefed up to further enhance the existing search and rescue capabilities in accordance with international stand­ards, establish fully qual­ified INSARAG-certified Medium Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Teams, and undertake training, equipment provision, and international-level assess­ment and certification.

For the question raised by MP U Zaw Win Thant from the Yangon Region Constituency 4, The deputy minister also responded that although parts of plots 526(A) and 525(B), which are part of Yesutaung Ward in Htauk­kyant, Mingaladon Town­ship, Yangon Region, are located within Hmawby Township, since the es­tablishment of Htaukkyant under Mingaladon Town­ship, matters concerning administration, security measures, household registration and birth registration, regional de­velopment, payment of taxes and fees, education, healthcare and other social affairs have been managed under the administration of Mingaladon Township. Therefore, all administra­tive matters concerning the people residing in the said portions of land will continue to be managed by Mingaladon Township, while land management will be handled by Hmaw­by Township.

Deputy Minister for Construction U Myo Myint replied to queries raised by MP U Khin Maung Than from the Magway Region Constituency 6, MP U Thein Zaw from the Bago Region Constituency 8, MP U Kyaw Tint from the Mandalay Region Constit­uency 12, MP U Nyan Tun from the Taninthayi Re­gion Constituency 9 and MP U Hein Min Oo from the Mandalay Region Con­stituency 3.

He explained that the Union budget and the re­gional fund will be man­aged to complete the con­struction project, including the approach roads of the Ayeyawady Bridge (Thay­et-Aunglan) project in the 2028-29 financial year. He said that the damaged parts on Panswe-Taungnyo road in Thonze of Thay­awady Township will be repaired and maintained in 2027-28 FY, and the up­grading tasks for the road will be prioritized in yearly.

The deputy minister also explained that the fund of the Mandalay Re­gion government will be al­located to pave asphalt on the four-furlong section of the No 2 inter-district road linking Kume and Thazi townships in 2027-28 FY, and more budget alloca­tion will be made yearly for upgrading the remaining gravel section of the road.

He also revealed the plan to allocate annual funding to continue the construction of a 12-foot-wide concrete road in Kyunsu Township. In ad­dition, plans will be made to replace the existing 100-foot-long and 12-foot-wide old wooden bridge on the Tawkha–Mawkhaung­ton road section with a new reinforced concrete bridge.

Moreover, he replied that the Union budget will be allocated to construct the 100-foot-long RC two-lane bridge, withstanding 60 tonnes of load, in place of Bridge 1/68 on the Man­dalay-Mogok-Thabeik­kyi n -Tagaung-Ht i g ­yaing-Bhamo-Myitkyina road in 2027-28 FY.

The Amyotha Hlut­taw Speaker announced the plan to form the in­ter-parliamentary friend­ship association with Ma­laysia and Indonesia, and the Hluttaw approved the chairs, secretaries and members of these associ­ations.

The Speaker informed the Hluttaw about the approval of the Pyithu Hluttaw for the seventh amendments to the Amyo­tha Hluttaw Election Bill and the Region or State Hluttaw Bill without amendments. Hluttaw representatives discussed the seventh amendment to the Pyithu Hluttaw Elec­tion Bill. The Speaker an­nounced that the Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Committee will hear the discussions of the Amyotha Hluttaw representatives on the bill.