The Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and party inspected the construction of Sattasattaha Maha Bodhi Pagoda in the precinct of Buddha Park near Pankwe village, 15 miles southeast of Kengtung township under the guidelines of the Presiding Nayaka Sayadaw of Thiladhammakontha Tawya Monastery (Wazippeik) Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kovida in the afternoon of 15 February.
When the Chairman of the SAC Prime Minister and party arrived at the precinct, they paid homage to the Abhayarajamuni Buddha Image and offered flowers and water to it. They then went around the Image clockwise, and rang the bell of peace and prosperity.
The Chairman of the SAC Prime Minister inspected the construction progresses of the Buddha Park and Sattasattaha Maha Bodhi Pagoda, and he attended to the needs of officials. After hearing the reports on the construction of dam for the supply of water to nearby villages presented by officials, the Prime Minister stressed the following points:
· The use of underground water must be reduced to the most possible degree while storing nature-provided water in dams and using it systematically.
· Silt and sand must be removed from the watercourse in the open season for proper flow of water into the dam in the rainy season. Officials should emphasize the cultivation of crops in Kengtung with pumped water from the river and creeks through solar energy for growing crops the whole year.
· If the small-scale water pumping process achieves success, such a system will be distributed across the nation.
· As only when the agriculture sector meets success will farmers have improved socio-economic life, officials need to strive for securing success for the tasks.
Afterwards, the Chairman of the SAC Prime Minister and party viewed around the Buddha Park.
- The Chairman of the SAC Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and party inspected the construction of Sattasattaha Maha Bodhi Pagoda in the precinct of Buddha Park near Pankwe village under the guidelines of Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kovida and the construction of dam for the supply of water to nearby villages.