People in Arakan State are being fervently wooed for support in the forthcoming elections with myriad public projects by the Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA) according to local reports.

USDA party officials have been building clinics, libraries, schools, and water reservoirs in many rural villages around Arakan State to garner support from villagers in the election.

In Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, USDA officials have started a new programme to mobilize people to support the party. An elder from Ray New Su Ward in Sittwe said, "People in our ward are facing acute water shortage this summer. So the USDA officials came to our ward and told us to construct a tube well. Now the drilling of the tube well is on for four days. We may get water from the tube well very soon."

The USDA officials are now constructing tube wells not only in Ray New Su Ward, but also in other Sittwe wards to provide water in the face of the shortage to garner people's support in the election.

Ko Lwin Maung, an active organizer in the USDA Sittwe Township, said, "USDA has planned to construct 20 tube wells in Sittwe before the coming monsoon to meet people’s need for water. It is a USDA plan for public welfare. We will carry out a lot of public welfare schemes in Arakan State."

USDA officials in 17 townships in Arakan State are campaigning widely with programmes to provide aid such as goods, rice, medicine, and clothes, to local villagers, but are not drilling tube wells.

The USDA has not yet formed the Arakan State-level committee, but it will reportedly be led by Transportation Minister Thein Swe and former army official U Kyaw San Hla.

The organization is hard at work on activities in Arakan State for the election with the cooperation of local government bodies.