Telephone and Telecommunication Project Rangoon to

Tavoy

 

Independent Mon News Agency

December 24, 2004

 

Burmese military regime has implemented it new

technology projects of telephone and telecommunication

project, that provide communication from the capital

Rangoon to Tavoy, southern town in Tenasserim

Division, accordingly to telecommunication officers.

 

The project started since the beginning of this year

and Burmese military regime authorities have dug the

canals alongside of the Rangoon-Tavoy motor highway

for hiding the cables.

 

“It was about three feets in depth and two feets in

width canal.   Underneath of the canal, they dig

another small cannel for hiding 6 inches diameter

plastic pipe,” Nai Sike reported.

 

“I saw the sodiers are diging the cannel with machines

and they put the pipe and some new electric wires

alongside of the canal. They also put some signboard

that written it is dangerous,” Nai Sike said.

 

A telecommunication officer who is also a military

commander in Yepyu said, “it is an upgrading

communication system that benefit to the people to

have access to communication and later for internet.”

 

“But it is difficult to say that is benefit to people.

I think it is for army. It can be small benefit to

people. In my experience there is nothing that

military did special programs for the people. Althouth

the authorities promised there would be electricity

for the people during they built Kanpauk- Myaing-kalay

gas pipeline and later they transmited, but the people

have received nothing,” Nai Mon Htaw, a Mon community

leader said.

 

The Burmese soldiers took tight security in

construction of canals for connecting the electric

wires and the soldiers themselves dug the canal in

some areas.

 

The canal is laid alongside of Kanpauk-Myaing-kalay

gas pipeline and most of the equitment and cable wires

using in it are imported from Singapore accordingly to

the telecommunication officer.

 

According to Nai Sike report, some part of

transmitting canal completed especially in northern

part of Mon State, Pegu and Rangoon Divisons. At the

moment the authorities are implementing the projects

in Thanpyuzayat, Ye and Yepyu Township, proceeding to

Tenasserim Division of southern Burma.

 

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