Water leaks at some parts of the Chindwin River embankment in Monywa in Sagaing Region and residents have built retaining walls with sandbags, a Monywa resident told The Global New Light of Myanmar (GNLM).
According to the weather forecast by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology on 11 July, the Chindwin River will rise about 1-1.5 feet above existing levels in Mingin, Kani and Monywa townships and fall about 12-14 feet below existing levels in Kalewa, Mawlaik, Phaungpyin, Homalin and Khamti townships in the second week of July.
“The embankment leaks at the opposite of Aqua Pura water supply factory at the north of Denko filling station near Thalawady jetty. We could hold the water by building a retaining wall with sandbags. The water still flows forward,” said an official.
Respective officials and residents have cooperated in building the retaining wall in areas where leaks occurred, in an attempt to prevent them from entering the river water into the town. The river embankment in Monywa is more than eight miles long and it’s built concretely about three miles in the downtown. The embankment flooded in 2015 and monks, residents and officials cooperated in retaining more than 100,000 sandbags and successfully preventing flood. — Thit Taw/ZS
