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    Largescale flooding caused by torrential rains that have continued since midJuly of this year has caused much human loss and physical damage in the target project regions. The projects under these grant aid agreements will help reconstruct the disaster areas and promote stable access to safe water. Approximately 30 percent (2014) of the population of Myanmar lives in the central dry zone, an area in the center of the country.

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    Largescale flooding caused by torrential rains that have continued since midJuly of this year has caused much human loss and physical damage in the target project regions. The projects under these grant aid agreements will help reconstruct the disaster areas and promote stable access to safe water. Approximately 30 percent (2014) of the population of Myanmar lives in the central dry zone, an area in the center of the country.

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    Largescale flooding caused by torrential rains that have continued since midJuly of this year has caused much human loss and physical damage in the target project regions. The projects under these grant aid agreements will help reconstruct the disaster areas and promote stable access to safe water. Approximately 30 percent (2014) of the population of Myanmar lives in the central dry zone, an area in the center of the country.

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    October2,2015

    SigningofGrantAgreementwithMyanmar:Supportingreconstructioninfloodedareas

    OnSeptember24andOctober1,theJapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA)
    signedtwograntagreements(G/As)withtheGovernmentoftheRepublicoftheUnionof
    Myanmartoprovidegrantaidofuptoatotalof3.982billionyen.Theprojectsunderthese
    grantaidagreementsaredescribedbelow.
    LargescalefloodingcausedbytorrentialrainsthathavecontinuedsincemidJulyofthis
    yearhascausedmuchhumanlossandphysicaldamageinthetargetprojectregionsof
    thesignedG/As.Itisexpectedthattheseprojectswillhelpreconstructthedisasterareas
    andpromotestableaccesstosafewater.
    (1)ProvisionofEquipmentforRuralWaterSupplyProjectintheCentralDryZonePhaseII
    (G/AsignedSeptember24,totalamountofaid:1.242billionyen)
    Signingceremony

    Approximately30percent(2014)ofthepopulationofMyanmarlivesinthecentraldry
    zone,anareainthecenterofthecountrycomprisingMagway,Mandalay,andSagaingRegions.Averagingamere400to880millimetersof
    rainfallperyear,thecentraldryzonereceivesadisproportionateamountofprecipitationintherainyseasonfromMaytoOctoberandisthe
    hottestandmostaridareaofthecountry.Thereisadependenceonpondsandgroundwatertoobtainwaterfordailyuse,butinthedry
    season,pondsandshallowwellscanoftennotbeusedduetodepletionorpoorwaterquality.Residentsarethereforeconfrontedwiththe
    difficultyinsecuringsafewater,facingdifficultiesthatmayentailtravelingseveralkilometersfromtheirvillagetothenearestwatersourceto
    drawwater.
    Thisprojectwillprovidetheequipmentnecessarytoborewells,includingatruckmountedexcavator(capableofdrillingupto200and250
    metersdeep)withaccessories,aircompressors,trucksequippedwithcranes,internalloggers,submersiblepumps,casingscreens,and
    waterpumpingtestdevices.Itisexpectedthattheequipmenttobuildthedeepwellsfornewwatersourcedevelopmentinthedrycentral
    zonewillleadtosafe,stablewaterresourcesinthetargetregion.

    (2)TheProjectforImprovementofRoadConstructionandMaintenanceEquipmentinKachinStateandChinState
    chinState
    ChinState
    (G/AsignedOctober1,totalamountofaid:2.74billionyen)
    Ofapproximately159,000kilometersofroadwaysinMyanmar,onlyabout23percent,or37,000kilometers,ispavedwithasphaltor
    concrete.Inits30YearRoadDevelopmentPlanformulatedfor2001to2030,theGovernmentofMyanmarhastakenthesecircumstances
    intoaccounttofurtherroadimprovementsthroughoutthecountry,includingroadpavementtargets.
    InKachinState(area:89,000squarekilometers,population:1.29million)andChinState(area:36,000squarekilometers,population:
    chinState
    ChinState
    480,000),thepoorestandleastdevelopedareasinthecountry,torrentialrainsfrequentlycausebridgewashoutsandlandrelateddisasters
    suchascollapsedroadsandlandslides,andasaresult,theroadinfrastructurelagsbehindotherstatesandregionsinthecountry.Asthe
    trunkroadsconnectingthestatecapitalswithregionalcitieshavedeteriorated,buildingroadinfrastructureisapriorityforensuringlocal
    residentscanaccesspublicservicesandforsupportingeconomicactivitieswithasecurelogisticsnetwork.
    Thisprojectwillprocurenewroadconstructionequipmenttobuildandexpand141kilometersofroadsinKachinStateand109kilometersof
    chinState
    roadsinChinStatewheredevelopmentlags.Theseimprovementsareexpectedtofurthertheroadinfrastructureandstimulateeconomic
    ChinState
    activitiesinthetwostates.TechnicallessonswillbeprovidedatoneoftheMinistryofConstructionscentraltrainingcentersinatransferof
    technologytoprovidetheknowledgerequiredforroadconstructionandmaintenance.Thiswillimprovethetechnicalcapacityforroad
    improvementsandimprovethequalityoftheinfrastructure.

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