Joint venture to carry out water supply and waste project

20 May 2019
Joint venture to carry out water supply and waste project
A photo taken with a long exposure shows cars driving along a busy road at sunset in Yangon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA

A joint venture company will carry out water supply and sewage water treatment projects nationwide, state media reported.

The joint venture company formed by local Supreme Water Doctor Company Limited and Japanese Kobelco Eco-Solution Company will carry out water supply, sewage water treatment and environmental conservation in Yangon, in other towns and industrial zones.

According to statistics, only about 34.5 per cent of the of the country’s 56 million population have got access to safe drinking water.