Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends the opening ceremony of upgrading of Pwe Kauk Waterfalls (B.E Falls) in PyinOoLwin
Nay Pyi Taw December 9
Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attended the opening ceremony of the upgrading of Pwe Kauk Waterfalls (B.E Falls) in PyinOoLwin this morning.
Also present at the ceremony together with the Senior General were Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, the wife of the Senior General, Member of the SAC General Maung Maung Kyaw and wife, Member of the SAC Lt-Gen Moe Myint Tun, Joint Secretary Lt-Gen Ye Win Oo and wife, union ministers, the chief minister of Mandalay Region, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, the commander of the Central Command, the mayor of Mandalay, officials and local residents.
First, Chief Minister U Maung Ko of Mandalay Region, Lt-Gen Nyo Saw from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Commander Maj-Gen Ko Ko Oo of the Central Command and Mayor U Kyaw San formally opened the ceremony. Then, the Senior General opened the Signboard of the Archway of Pwe Kauk Waterfalls (B.E Falls) by pressing a button.
Afterwards, the Senior General and party enjoyed the music and dances performed by Myawady Band and watched the documentary video clip of maintenance tasks carried out in accordance with the instructions of the Senior General. Then, the Senior General presented cash rewards to the members of the band and the shooting team.
Afterwards, the Senior General and party posed for documentary photographs and viewed the surroundings of the waterfalls over the LED glass bridge that meets international standards before studying the vehicles used in PyinOoLwin in ancient times and log houses and a suspension bridge and feeding elephant cubs. Then, the Senior General took a stroll along the jungle footpath built to enable visitors to view the surroundings.
Then, the Senior General and party enjoyed the tricks performed by the mobile public relations corps at the stadium playgrounds and presented cash rewards for the corps before viewing around the shop selling local products and SmartP shirts and plantations, where water is supplied by using solar energy.
The waterfalls are located near Pwe Kauk Village between Mandalay-Lashio railroad and motor road. As an engineering training battalion stationed at the site of the waterfalls and defeated insurgents in 1949, when PyinOoLwin was occupied by the insurgents, a resort was established at the site for posterity to enable them to commemorate the incident.
Due to poor management of the surroundings, the existence of a large number of shops, littering and deforestation, the environment and ecosystem of the area were damaged. Therefore, the waterfalls were upgraded and conservation tasks were carried out in accordance with the instructions given by the Senior General when he inspected the site. As the natural water purification system is used in the waterfalls, visitors can do sporting activities healthily in the clean water. There are three waterfalls at the site and the first LED glass bridge in Myanmar that meets international standards was built to enable visitors to enjoy the view under the bridge excitedly. As the city of flowers is a tourism hub, various kinds of flowering plants are grown in the town and annual flower festivals are organized in the town. With the aim of giving pleasure to the visitors, the resort was upgraded by building a glass bridge, suspension bridges, log houses, coffee shops, jungle footpath, recreation sites, children’ playgrounds as well as other features for safety and rescue operations.