Narinjara News
A New Decree From the
Chief of Arakan
Akyab, 10th
September 03: A new decree has been issued by the Chief of Arakan,
the chairman of the Arakan State Peace and Development Council, and this decree
is creating hardship for the town people in Akyab ( Sittwe), the capital of
Arakan state, according to our correspondent from Akyab.
In the decree, the Brigadier Maung Oo is ordering the town people to fix the
public gutter in front of their houses, with their own money. Failure to
follow the decree costs a fine of 10,000 Kyats and a month in detention.
Hence, the city dwellers have hastened to fix the public gutter since August
the 21st of this year.
According to a trader who commutes to
Though the decree to fix the pavements and gutter in Arakan’s
capital, Akyab, was issued last April, the residents of the city have not
obeyed. Hence, the SPDC chief issued a new decree.
Since the city municipal council did not have any budget to fix the roads
damaged by heavy rain, the city-residents, businesses, and transport business
were forced to contribute to the fund. Since the economy has not been
doing well, business people have been struggling financially.#