Kyainseikgyi-Payathonzu Road cut off after mountain collapsed

Kyainseikgyi-Payathonzu Road cut off after mountain collapsed
by -
Saw Myat Oo Thar

Access to Kyainseikgyi-Payathonzu (Three Pagodas Pass) has been cut off after a mountain collapsed near Yak-Ka-La Village in the Karen (Kayin) State on July 29.

“The mountain collapsed near Daw Tin Aye’s restaurant in Yak-Ka-La Village after midnight. We had to assist the social relief groups from Payathonzu who came to assist the flood-affected people. Now, the road is inaccessible,” said Nai Lin Aung, a resident of Kyainseikgyi, told KIC News.

“We can’t send the machines due to the flood. We are renting tractors in the village. We are finish [clearing up the road]. Now, we are removing with manpower since we couldn’t get tractors at the moment,” said U Thein Zaw Htay, engineering chief of Kyaikseikgyi Township, told KIC News.

Local residents said the authorities and local residents are trying to clear the road block as much as they can.

November 6, 2024
Saw El Kalu Taw — The man unloading boats coming across the fast-flowing Thaungyin (Moei) River...
November 5, 2024
16 Junta soldiers were killed and a further 17 were taken prisoner in Hpapun Town, Karen State...
November 4, 2024
Three civilians including a mother of a newborn were killed when a junta airstrike dropped 500...
November 4, 2024
Displaced people (IDPs) sheltering in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region are in need of...