Senior General Min Aung Hlaing underlined that the Bagan-NyaungU region needs to emphasize land management, especially as it possesses ancient cultural heritage lands. Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by his entourage and chief ministers of Mandalay and Magway regions, yesterday afternoon met departmental officials of NyaungU District at Bagan Cultural Museum in the Bagan Ancient Cultural Heritage Zone to talk about regional development measures. He heard reports on the development process of NyaungU District, agriculture and livestock sectors, tourism, healthcare services, upgrade of roads, inundation of lakes and damage of some ancient buildings in recent heavy rains in Bagan presented by officials.
Union ministers discussed water supply projects in NyaungU District, maintenance of ancient lakes and religious edifices and beautification of the city. In his speech, the Senior General stressed the need to dig drains along both sides of roads for proper flow of water and systematically keep road directions in accord with the set characteristics. In education, he highlighted that the number of students in NyaungU District accounted for 17 per cent of more than 500,000 population of the district.
Among those students, just 12.88 per cent of students learn high school education with lesser changes in learning grades, he added. He noted that all school-age children have to complete KG+9 education.
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