Electrical industry of burma/myanmar

Additional references:
See below: ‘Gas in short supply to meet demand for electricity’ (MT: 17/09/07)

‘Market expands for generator and rental shops’ (MT: 09/05/05).

Myanmar Times, 06/06/11. Excerpt. http://mmtimes.com/2011/business/578/biz57802.html

Not everybody is happy to see the regular supply of electricity boosted in Yangon. Zaw Naing Heavy Machinery Co Ltd sells and leases generators from its 53rd Street office in Pazundaung township. A company spokesperson said business has been bad this year. “Last year’s sales and leases were 60 percent higher than this year’s,” said U Zaw Naing. The company stocks or can supply generators ranging from 5KVA through to 500KVA, he said. Another generator supplier, Top Machinery Trading Co Ltd in Kamaryut township, has seen an even more dramatic fall in sales, according to a company spokesperson. “Our sales are down by 90pc compared to last year,” said Ma Hnin Pwint Zin, a spokesperson for the company.

Saw Yan Naing, IRROL, 12/12/08. http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=14789

Residents of Rangoon report that electricity supply in the city has been rationed for the past week. Win Maung who lives in Tamwe township, told The Irrawaddy on Thursday that his house had only been connected to the electricity grid for six hours a day since Monday. For purposes of electricity distribution, the city has been divided into three sectors: A, B, and C. Six hours electricity per day is supplied to each sector on a rotating basis. Sector A receives electricity from 5am to 11am, Sector B from 11am to 5pm, and Sector C from 5pm to 11pm. Despite the strict limits imposed on electricity distribution, there has been no official statement by the government. However, oibservers say that power cuts are inevitable all over Burma every year in late November and December because of a lack of water in the country’s hydropower dams. The current electricity rationing has affected all local households and companies in Rangoon and has forced certain businesses—such as Internet cafés, printers and local journals—to close their doors during the cuts. The owner of an Internet café in Rangoon’s Sanchaung township said he cannot make a profit these days because he has to use all his cash flow on buying gasoline to run his shop on a generator. He said he has to close his shop sometimes during the day. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the editor of a Rangoon journal said he had been running his office on a diesel generator since Monday. He said that he has to buy three gallons of gasoline a day, which costs about 10,000 kyat (US $8) a day.

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ONE THIRD OF THE MYITTHA DAM EMBANKMENT FINISHED

Article and Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu), NLM, 11/12/08.

http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/NLM2008-12-11.pdf
Myittha Multipurpose Dam Project is located near Pyintha village in Gangaw township. An earthen embankment is being constructed to dam the waters of the Myittha River which rises in the mountain ranges of southeastern Chin State and empties into the Chindwin River. On completion, the project will be able to benefit 12,000 acres of farmland and generate 170 million kilowatt hours a year.
The project is being undertaken by Construction Group 8 of the Irrigation Dept. A UN mission visited Myanmar and observed the site for the project in 1962. In 1985, a team of Myanmar engineers studied the feasibility of constructing a dam at a site near Pyintha and Myayni villages which had been submitted by the UN group. But it was not until November 2002 that a final determination of the site near Pyintha village was made after further study.
The main dam will be 29,750 feet long and 205 feet high. So far about 10,000 feet of the embankment have been completed. The reservoir's full tank level will be 1010 feet [asl] and its dead storage level, 932 feet [asl]. Its maximum water storage capacity will be 377,600 acre feet, while its stagnant water storage capacity will be 70,800 acre feet; its water surface 5,788 acres. A diversion canal 14,300 feet long and 100 feet wide [is under construction]. The spillway is to be 1040 feet wide and will be be of duek [sic] bill type.
The catchment area of the reservoir amounts to 700 square miles and the annual inflow is estimated at 1,310,000 acre feet. The dam is designed to store 377,600 acre feet and to benefit some 12,000 acres of farmland. The area to be irrigated is on the left side of the Myittha River. Gangaw township gets a large amount of precipitation in the rainy season, but water is scarce in summer. The dam will make make it possible to have multiple and mixed-cropping patterns in the irrigation area.
The power generated at the dam will be be distributed to Gangaw Township and surrounding areas. It is expected to be produce about 170 million kilowatt hours a year. [Photos in the print edition of NLM include one of a completed section of the embankment of the Myittha dam and another of a power shovel and several large dump trucks onsite.]

Topographic map reference: Burma 1:250,000: Series U542, U.S. Army Map: NF 46-07: Gangaw Topographic map reference: Burma 1:250,000: Series U542, U.S. Army Map: NF 46-11: Mount Victoria

Myittha dam near Pyintha [22° 00' N, 94° 04' E], grid square reference: 13/7, 23/2

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf46-11.jpg
Additional references
Data summary Myittha
See below: ‘Speedy completion of Manipura dam urged’ (NLM: 22/12/04)
NLM, 31/08/11. Edited. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs11/NLM2011-08-31.pdf

U Hla Swe, Magway Constituency-12 member of the Amyothaw Hluttaw, asked when the Myittha dam project in Gangaw township would be completed. A&I Minister Myint Hlaing replied that the project was 36pc complete and that after the government set a budget for the project the ministry would resume work with added momentum, according to the financing available. The project is scheduled for completion in FY 2013-2014.

NLM, 24/04/11. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs11/NLM2011-04-24.pdf

The Myittha dam project is 36% complete. It will be able to irrigate 12.000 acres of farmlands and generate 40-megawatts of electricity.

PRC Embassy, Yangon. 06/08/09. (translation, courtesy Keven Li) edited and condensed)

http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/gxh/tyb/zwbd/t577208.htm

A contract was signed between China Gezhouba Group and Myanmar’s Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation on 06/08/09 for metallic structures and electro-mechanical equipment at a hydropower project on the Myttha river in Magwe Division. China Gezhouba will design, supply and provide technical supervision and training for the installation of the structures and equipment in the power house at the project site. Installed capacity of the generators will be 40MW. The contract is worth US$ 14.7 million.

NLM, 18/12/08. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/NLM2008-12-18.pdf

Assistant Director Tin Win of Construction Group 8 of the ID briefs visiting generals on developments at the Myittha dam project. They view earth and gravel work on the main embankment and the site for construction of the spillway. Two 20-megawatt generators will be installed at the dam.

NLM, 21/08/08. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/08nlm/n080821.htm

On a visit to the Kyeeohn-kyeewa multi-purpose dam project Maj-Gen Khin Zaw of the MoD is told by Director Tin Win of Construction Group 8 of the ID that the Myittha [Pyintha] dam project in Gangaw township will have a generating capacity of 40 MW.

NLM, 28/01/08. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/08nlm/n080128.htm

The Myittha dam in Gangaw trownship will benefit 12,000 acres of farmland and generate 40 MW.

Franco – ASEAN Seminar Myanmar Country Presentation, 06-07/09/07.

http://www.jgsee.kmutt.ac.th/seminar_programme/DAY%202/Country%20Report%202/Tin%20-%20Myanmar%20-%20Presentation.pdf

Pyintha [Myittha} dam will be 62.5 m [215 ft] high. The power station with a planned capacity of 30 MW is expected to generate 170 million kWh annually. It is currently in the planning stage and will be carried out by the ID.

NLM, 27/05/07. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/07nlm/n070527.htm

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the MoD visits the Myinttha dam project site. The dam will be 205 feet high and 29,750 feet long.

DVB, 20/02/07. www.burmanet.org/news/2007/02/20/

Several villages in Gangaw township are being forcibly relocated by the Burmese military to make way for the Pyintha dam project, residents told DVB. Sabai, Kha Mahn, Yinma and Khin Mon villages have all been ordered to move by March 31 as a result of military plans to confiscate more than 3,500 acres of private land. “The place we are going to be relocated to is ‘kyat’ land which is not good for cultivation. We are still unable to get drinkable water from the wells there.” a villager said. The Pyintha dam project was launched in 2003 and is due for completion by 2008. Large amounts of inhabited land are expected to be completely flooded once the dam is finished. But many of the villagers told to relocate have approached the issue pragmatically, saying they would not mind moving if their new land was better and they had more access to health care. "We must be given land that is fertile,” the villager said.

NLM, 12/04/06. www.mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/06nlm/n060412.htm

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the MoD visits the Myittha Dam project site near Pyintha Village in Gangaw township. The dam there will be 29,750 feet long and 205 feet high and have a storage capacity of 377,600 acre feet at full brim. It will be able to irrigate 12,000 acres and will generate 170 million kWh annually

NLM, 03/12/05. http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs2/NLM2005-12-03.pdf

On arrival at the Myittha dam project near Pyintha village in Gangaw township, PM Soe Win hears reports on the various kinds of machinery to be used, the watershed areas, prospects for water supply, and geographical facts. He inspects construction of the diversion tunnel. [Photos of the site are available in the print edtion of NLM.]

NLM, 22/12/04 http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs2/NLM2004-12-22.pdf

General Than Shwe and party visit the site of Myittha dam to be implemented near Pyintha Village [22° 00' N, 94° 04' E] in Gangaw township where they are briefed by A&IM Htay Oo on the salient points of the project. Later, Energy Minister Lun Thi reports on arrangements for supply of fuel to the project. In response, General Than Shwe gives guidance, calling on officials concerned to fulfil the needs including fuel since the Myittha and Manipur projects are huge ones, and the Irrigation Dept is to complete the tasks as soon as possible. Afterwards, Senior General Than Shwe and party inspected the site chosen for construction of the main embankment. Myittha Dam project will be implemented by Construction Group No 8 of the Irrig Dept. It will benefit 12,000 acres of farmland and generate 40 MW. [Photos of the Manipura and Myttha dam sites are included in the print edition of NLM.]

NLM, 28/05/04. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/04nlm/n040528.htm

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party inspect the Myittha dam project. They are briefed on arrival of machinery and construction materials. The 29,750-foot-long and 205-foot-high dam will be able to irrigate 12,000 acres of arable land and contribute towards multiple cropping and mixed cropping in Gangaw township. It will also generate 30 MW.

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MINI-HYDRO FACILITIES SLATED FOR DAMS IN KYAUKTAW TOWNSHIP

Khin Maung Than (Sethmu), NLM, 26/11/08. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/NLM2008-11-26.pdf

I visited the Zeechaung (Zigyaung) dam site northeast of Kyauktaw about two miles from the Paletwa road in company with Staff Officer Sao Khun Oo of Construction Group 3 of the Irrigation Dept. The dam is being built to supply water to a thousand acres of farmland, so that summer paddy and other double cropping can be undertaken. Although the Kyauktaw area of Rakhine state receives an average of 190 inches of rain yearly, the region is very dry once the monsoon season is over.
A total of 13,200 acre-feet of water flows into the dam annually. The earthen embankment will be 115 feet high and 840 feet long. It will be able to store 7,530 acre-feet at full brim and 580 acre-feet at minimum level. The water surface of the dam will cover 154 acres. The dam will have one 640-foot-long, 4-foot wide and 6-foot-high reinforced concrete conduit. The main canal of the dam will be three miles long and its tributary canal, five miles. A total of 80 [outlet] structures will be built along the canal.
There is also a plan to supply electricity [from a power house at the dam] to the town of Kyauktaw. Two 40-kW generators will be installed.
Construction of Zeechaung dam started in 2005-2006. It should be completed in 2008-2009 financial year and will be opened soon. The Pyaingchaung dam, also in Kyauktaw township, was inaugurated on 30 March 2007. It irrigates 4,000 acres of summer paddy and a total of 5,000 acres of cropland. [This feature article is accompanied by three photos of the Zeechaung and Pyaingchaung dam sites in the print edition of NLM. It was originally published in Burmese in Kyemon on 13/11/08.]
Compiler’s note: It remains to be seen whether turbines and generators will actually be installed at either the Zichaung or the Pyaingchaung dam. Given the seasonality of the water supply and the small storage capacities of the dams, electric power supply for much longer than six months during the year would be doubtful. The Kyauktaw area is bound to increase in importance as plans progress for the Kaladan waterway which India has committed itself to develop.
Map references
The best maps for viewing the areas where the dams named in this section are located are in the older topo- graphical series: NF 14 (Myohaung) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf46-14.jpg and NF 15 (Akyab) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf46-15.jpg

The village of Zigyaung (20° 53' N, 93° 04' E) and the creek of the same name are visible just to the north of the Maha Muni shrine site close to which the road to Paletwa now branches northward from the Sittway highway. The villages of Mindanywa (20° 54' N, 92° 53' E) and Laungbangya and Pyaing creek are visible on the Akyab map about 10 km (6 mi) directly to the northeast of Kyauktaw.

Additional references
See below: ‘Sai Tin hydropower project plans announced’ (NLM: 28/01/09)

'Thahtay creek dam and other hydropower projects in Arakan' (NLM: 20/04/06)

'Bangladesh, Myanmar to sign hydropower deal' (Xinhua: 15/07/07)

‘Electric power supply in Arakan state’ (Appendix 10A)

Kyaw Sein, NLM, 07/03/09. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/NLM2009-03-07.pdf

Ongoing irrigation tasks at Pyaingchaung dam are being carried out to supply water to 4,000 acres of summer paddy and 700 acres of summer sesame in order to meet the targets set for FY 2008-09. Digging operations along dam canals were delayed as a result of the late harvest last year but re-started in December, according to a local staff officer of Construction Group 3 of the ID, Efforts are also being made to complete the installation of two 40-kilowatt generators at the dam which will supply power to Kyauktaw and surrounding villages. Arrangements are being made to launch the supply of electricity in the month of May. Pyaingchaung Dam has an annual inflow of an average 29,985 acre feet and can store over 25,000 acre feet of water at its highest level. [Site photos by Tin Soe of Myanma Alin, including one of the mouths of the east and west canals of the dam.]

Kaladan Press, 06/03/09.

http://www.bnionline.net/news/kaladan/5937-zee-chang-dam-may-destroy-nearby-villages-moc-9.html

A report that villages around the newly opened Zeechaung dam could be flooded out during the coming monsoon season has been refuted by the engineer in charge of the building of the dam. The report, prepared by the headquarters of 9th Military Operations Command in Kyauktaw, warned that the people in at least five villages could be affected -- Thayagone with 600 families and Thetthapin with 300 families in the upper reaches of the dam reservoir and Maungpyataung with 800 families, Tharaktapin with 1000 families and Shwepalee with 300 families in the lower reaches of the dam. In spite of the assurances by the engineer, villagers near the dam are going to move to places where they can be safer, said a teacher from Kyauktaw. “The authorities are looking only for profit; they don’t care about the people. If the dam waters spill over in the monsoon, who will take care of the people living nearby?” he asked.

Kaladan Press, 23/02/09.

http://www.kaladanpress.org/v3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1806:deputy-minister-inaugurates-dam-in-kyauktaw&catid=93:february-2009&Itemid=2

Two generators have been set up at Zeechaung dam which was opened on February 21. They will supply electricity to Mahamrat Muni Pagoada and nearby army battalions, according to a source close to the army in Kyauktaw township. The dam is situated on land seized from local people of Kyauktaw township.

NLM, 23/02/09. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs6/NLM2009-02-23.pdf

Zeechaung dam was inaugurated in Kyauktaw township on 21/02/09. The dam which was built by the Irrigation Dept has an earthen embankment 840 feet long and 115 feet high. It can store up to 7,530- acre feet of water and supply water to 1,000 acres of cultivable land. It will aslo be able to generate 80 kW of electricity.

Singu Soe Win, NLM, 13/12/08. http://203.81.72.132/newpaper/1312newsn.pdf

Zeechaung dam project is about five miles from Kyauktaw. The dam will be able to benefit 1000 acres of summer paddy and generate 80 kilowatts for the Maha Muni Buddha Image. The project has a five-kilowatt turbine that supplies power to the worksite. There is a 4' x 6' reinforced concrete type outlet which is 577 feet long with a water outflow rate of 100 cubic feet seconds and a 30-foot wide board crested type spillway with a water outflow rate of 1700 cubic feet per second. The project has a three-mile long main canal, a five –mile-long distributory (secondary) [canal], and 80 canal structures. The project has a workforce of 200 white collar workers plus blue collar workers. It is currently 90pc complete. [Three photos accompany the article in the print edition of NLM: one of the main embankment, another of the control tower and a third showing a bulldozer and trucks operating at the project site. This article was originally published in Burmese in Myanma Alin on 12/12/08. Details noted in this summary are either not found in the key article above or differ from it. The journalists responsible for both articles appear to have visited the dam on the same occasion.]

Kaladan News, 24/11/08.

http://www.kaladanpress.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1638&Itemid=2

The Burmese Army has been using forced labor from among Zeechaung villagers of Kyauktaw township since the second week of November to construct a dam that will generate hydro-electricity. Everyday, 100 to 150 residents of nearby villages have to go to the site and work from 6 am to noon. Although no wages are provided, the workers do receive two kgs of rice a day. Most of the laborers are Rohingya Muslims even though there are many Rakhine villages close to the dam site. The dam is near the Maha Mrat Muni Buddha statuette. The HQ of the Second Military Operations Command (MOC) will be shifted to Kyauktaw township in 2009 and it is expected that this office will be supplied with electricity from the Zeechaung dam according to an informant close to military sources in Kyauktaw. As a result, the concerned authorities are trying very hard to finish the project by 2009. There are three MOC headquarters in Arakan State under the Western Command, added the official. (Kaladan: 24/11/08);

NLM, 01/04/07. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/07nlm/n070401.htm

A ceremony to inaugurate Pyaingchaung Dam built by Irrigation Dept was held near Mindan village in Kyauktaw township on 30 March. In his address, Western Commander Maung Shein said that although the area has an average annual rainfall of 190 inches, double cropping could not be undertaken. But the emergence of Pyaingchaung dam will mean that 4,000 acres of summer paddy and a total of 5,000 acres of farmland can be irrigated, while the surrounding area can be supplied with electricity. A&IM Htay Oo said that Pyaingchaung dam is a medium-sized facility that can store 24,290 acre feet of water. The main section of the dam is 106 feet high and 860 feet long. It was built at a cost of K 4,460 million. After "a local" expressed gratitude for construction of the dam, the commander unveiled the stone plaque and the minister formally opened the dam. Director Tun Aung Lwin of Construction Group 3 of the Irrigation Dept reported that a pipeline had been installed to generate hydelpower. Irrigation ditches will provide water from the dam to three village-tracts in the township. [Photos of the main embankment accompany the NLM on-line and print editions of this article.]

NLM, 16/10/02. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/02nlm/n021016.htm#_4__

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of the MoD and party inspected the site chosen for Pyaing creek dam project near Laungpankya village in Kyauktaw township. The Irrigation Dept has completed a feasbility study of the project and arrangements are being made for the arrival of machinery at the site. The general said that all necessary assistance had been provided. He stressed the need to start the project immediately so that the dam and the canals could be be completed by April 2003 and would be ready for irrigation in the summer of 2003-2004. On completion, the project will be able to irrigate 5,000 acres of farmland and generate 250 kilowatts of electric power.

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BONTALAR HYDROPOWER STATION IN MATUPI VISITED

Tin Win Lay and Htay Aung, NLM, 23/11/08. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs5/NLM2008-11-23.pdf

The Kyemon Daily team visited Bontalar [Bungtla] hydropower station, six miles from Matupi in southern Chin State. Standing at an altitude of 3303 feet with an area of 1906 square miles, Matupi is the largest township in Chin State. The Bontalar station generates hydropower using the current created by the Bontalar waterfalls in the Lemyo [Lemro] river that rises on the Lonhein Mountain, north of Matupi. The facility is one of the hydropower projects in the region for improving the living standard of local people and the supply of electric power to urban and border areas. The station is of reinforced concrete type with two 250-kilowatt Francis hydropower turbines. We noticed that thanks to the access to electricity, the region was lively with activities of local people even at night.

Compiler’s note: Excerpted from a longer article originally published in Burmese in Kyemon on 20/11/08. The translation in the print edition of NLM of 23/11/08 is accompanied by three photos including an aerial view of the waterfall, an outside shot of of the hydropower station building and an interior view showing the 250-kilowatt Francis hydropower turbines in operation.
Additional references
See above: ‘Minister clarifies grid connection plans for Chin State’ (NLM: 22/03/11)

See below: ‘Manufacture of small hydro turbines in Myanmar’ (JICA: Sept 2003)

‘Rural power services in Chin State’ (Appendix 10)
NLM, 23/03/11. Edited. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs11/NLM2011-03-23.pdf

Chin State Representatives Paul Lyan Lwin and Paul Than Htai submitted a proposal to build a ‘heavy’ hydropower station at Bontalar waterfall in Matupi township to the Amyotha Hluttaw [Nationalities Chamber] of the Parliament on 22/03/11. U Paul Than Htai said that a large-scale generating facility at the falls, which is 15 miles from the town of Matupi, could supply power not only to Matupi but also to villages in the neighbouring townships of Mindat, Haka and Thantlang.

Replying to the proposal EPM-1 Zaw Min noted that up to 2008 the State had already built 33 small power plants not linked with the national grid. The smallest were equipped with generators which were able to generate120 kW, while other larger ones could generate up to five megawatts. Even a power plant which can generate 10 megawatts is still considered as small, he added. According to a survey, the Minister said, waterpower at Bontala falls could be used to generate at least 1.8 megawatts. That would only be sufficient for the local community and would not qualify as a ‘heavy’ hydro power station.
[Further to the proposal, Minister Zaw Min pointed out that] according to Schedule 2 of Section 188 of the 2008 Constitution, (p 189), Paragraph 4 (a) reads “Medium and small scale electric power production and distribution that are not linked with the national power grid are to be managed by the Region or State, whereas large-scale electric power production and distribution is within the jurisdiction of the Union”.
Since the building of small hydropower plants falls within the jurisdiction of the respective state governments, [the Minister continued], the proposal should be submitted to the Chin State government. Besides, private and cooperative sectors are allowed to invest in building power plants and selling the electricity. Therefore, the proposal to build a ‘heavy’ hydropower plant at Bontala waterfall in Matupi Township should not be brought to the Amyotha Hluttaw as the proposal is not eligible to be carried out by the Union and should be withdrawn.
Following the discussion, the Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw dismissed the proposal.
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Khonumthung News, 28/11/08. http://bnionline.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5478&Itemid=1

In Matupi Town the supply of electricity is irregular. There is no electric power during the time that residents prepare food in the morning and evening. Power is available around 10am and in the evening between 9 and 10pm, said a local in Matupi. Power from the Rha Laung [Bungtla falls] station is mainly used for army camps. The only area in Matupi that has regular power supply is the Lawngvan block. Nevertheless, residents have to pay between K800-1000 per month for the service. Subscribers are very angry about it. The Lawngvan block is backed up by 200 kW from the Namlawng hydro-electric plant separately, but it does not get electricity regularly.

NLM, 25/07/06. http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/06nlm/n060725.htm

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the MoD visited Bontalar hydel power project site where Managing Director of Myanma Machine Tool and Electrical Industries U Kyaw Win reported on installation of generators. Two 250 kilowatt turbines will generate power and over 88 per cent of the project has been completed.

Khonumthung News, 27/04/06. [not available on-line]

Construction has been restarted at the Bungtla waterfall hydroelectric power site on the Rha Lawng river in Matupi township. Work was suspended due to heavy rain during the last monsoon season but started again on orders of Col San Aung, tactical commander in Matupi tsp. The project was initiated in 2005 and was originally scheduled for completion in May 2006. The hydropower plant which is expected to generate 600 kwh will supply electricity to batallion HQ in Matupi but not tsp but not to civilians.

Khonumthung, 09/07/05. http://www.khonumthung.com/kng-news/05-news-archive/july-2005/hydro-electric-power-construction-comes-to-halt-due-to-rain/

A hydropower project under construction by military engineers at Thi Coeng village near Bungtla, the largest waterfall in Chin State, has come to an abrupt halt due to heavy rainfall in the area. Thi Coeng village is about fourteen miles from town of Matupi town in southern Chin state. An anonymous caller told our reporter that roads to the project site have been damaged by rain and that construction materials could not be transported to the site. Work on the project which started in Jan 2005 may resume in Oct or Nov after the monsoon ends. The power is station expected to produce 600 kW but power will only be supplied to places along the road between Matupi and Pha Neng and to the military camp of LIB 304 and tactical HQ in Pha Neng. The Bungtla Falls station will bring to four the number of hydropower plants in Chin state.

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