Road Special Group No. 11 camping in Taungkhinyan Village near 32 miles away from Gangaw on Kalay-Gangaw Road is upgrading Gangaw-Kalay Road.

Of 111 villages in Gangaw Township, Taungkhinyan Village is the most developed one with Taungkhinyan Dam, plantations, police station, basic education high school (branch), exam centre, telephone station, library and railway station. In addition, the village is famed for its bountiful paddy, and beans and pulses around Yaw region. Required arrangements are being made to have the Internet access in telephone exchange station.

On my one-day visit in Kalay, I interviewed a superintending engineer about Gangaw-Kalay Road which will be a link among Myanmar, India and Thailand and beneficial to villages along the road.

Along the road, we were captivated by well-tendered Panmon Bridge built by road special group No. 11 in 2004, Myaungchaung Bridge built in 2008 and Kabarnee Bridge built by Myanma Railways.

After 15-minute drive from Kabarnee Bridge, we arrived in Kyantha Village which is the last village in Kalay region, and also the last one of Gangaw region in upgrading Gangaw-Kalay Road. Thanks to Kalay- Gangaw Road, Kyantha Village developed into a large one.

Later on, we stopped over in Hanthawady Village constituted with over 1000 houses. The village is bustling with life like a city due to railroad and motor road from Gangaw-Kalay Road.

Before long, we reached a new road between Hanthawady and Taungkhinyan on which newly constructed bridges lie. When completed, people will be able to take a trip to India and Thailand using the road.

We got to splendid Zapaoh Creek Bridge at sunset. The bridge situated 12 miles away from Gangaw and four miles from Gangaw-Kalay Road is 24 feet wide. The worksite where the road special construction group No. 11 is carrying out lies 14 miles away from the bridge.

Now upgrading work of Gangaw-Kalay Road enters ten-year period which started in 2001-2002 fiscal year.

Gangaw-Kalay Road is beneficial not only to Kalay, Gangaw and the Chin mountain but also to India- Myanmar-Thailand transport network. Towns and villages along the Gangaw-Kalay Road will gain benefits in economic, social, education and health sectors attendant upon upgrading of the road.

To sum up, emergence of roads and bridges testifies to development of the country. All are in need to engage in development tasks in building a developed country utilizing such roads and bridges.