The Irrigation Department is headed by a Director General, head-quartered
in Yangon. The Headquarter is made up of (6) primary branches and (3)
other branches correlated to it. They constitute the Administration,
Accounts, Procurement, Planning and works, Design, Works Inspection,
and the Geology, Hydro logy, Survey and Investigation respectively. |
Organization
of Ministry
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 The
role of irrigation can be reckoned as activities constituting
he systematic supply of water to cropping areas for agricultural
development, as and when necessary and draining out the surplus
water or protecting flood water from the cropping areas as
well. On a broader universal basis, irrigation remains as
a major element in contributing towards food self-sufficiency,
for an ever increasing population as well as the greening
of the environment.
Myanmar
is an agricultural country. It abounds in an abundance of
water resources. The Irrigation Department in harnessing
such resources, not only concentrates in providing increased
irrigation for the development of the agriculture sector,
but also embraces objectives pertaining to adequacy of drinking
water, protection of the environment and generation of hydro-electricity. |
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Organization of
Irrigation Department |
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The normal (14) Maintenance
Divisions of the respective States and Divisions, have been
supplemented withe further establishments of the Shan States
(North) and Shan States (East) Division, and thus total (16).
Ten Maintenance Divisions are headed by Directors and six
by Deputy Directors.
Additionally, there also exist (9) Construction Divisions. They
are not State and Division-wise locaction, but remain sited in
precincts adjacent to the construction works such as Helgu, Pyay,
Magway, Shwebo, Pyinmana, Yangon and Meiktila. (7) Divisions are
under the control of Directors and (2) under each Deputy Director.
Similarly (4) Mechanical Divisions, each under a Director have
been established at Yangon, Taungoo, Magway and Mandalay, as appropriate
adjacent to the construction projects. |
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Staffs |
The reorganization
of the Irrigation Department has kept pace with the changing
conditions, and the strength of staff has similarly increased
yearly as given below: |
Sr. |
Year |
Officer |
Staff |
Total |
Remark |
(n...) |
(%) |
(n...) |
(%) |
| 1. |
Before independence |
50 |
4.94 |
961 |
95.06 |
1011 |
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| 2. |
1961-62 |
79 |
5.64 |
1320 |
94.36 |
1399 |
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| 3. |
1974-75 |
339 |
2.41 |
13743 |
97.59 |
14082 |
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| 4. |
1985-86 |
325 |
2.30 |
13823 |
97.70 |
14148 |
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| 5. |
1986-87 |
833 |
4.06 |
19665 |
95.94 |
20498 |
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| 6. |
1994-95 |
884 |
4.30 |
19683 |
95.70 |
20567 |
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| 7. |
1995-96 to date |
867 |
4.27 |
19446 |
95.73 |
20313 |
(transferred to Water Resources UtilizationDepart-
ment ) |
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in the States and Divisions are also furnished below: |
| Sr. |
Office |
Number |
Headquarter |
| 1 |
Director General's
Office |
1 |
Yangon |
| 2 |
Chief Mechanical
Engineer's Office |
1 |
Yangon |
| 3 |
Director's Offices |
24 |
Yangon, States and Divisions |
| 4 |
Deputy Director's
Office |
10 |
Yangon, States and Divisions |
| 5 |
Assistant Director's
Offices |
83 |
Yangon, States and Divisions |
| 6 |
Staff Officer's
Offices |
121 |
Yangon, States and Divisions |
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Total |
240 |
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Survey, Investigation
and Designing |
 Appropriate survey and
investigation remain essential to precede new construction
projects. At this stage it includes feasibility studies such
as topographic land surveys and as well hydrological and geological
investigation and analysis.
The Investigation Branch, headed by a Director and head-quartered
at Yangon is responsible for both topographical and soil survey
works, and two separate sub-branches under control of Assistant
Director at Yangon and Meiktila respectively, remain engaged fulltime in the
activities. Correct and precise final site drawings are being
obtained by using up-to-date distomats, total stations and
computer softwares.
The Hydrological Branch is led by a Director and has two Assistant
Director's offices at Yangon and Mandalay respectively. As part
of their activities, there exist (182) stations registering water
levels of streams and rivers, (71) rainfall stations and ( ) discharge
measuring stations, located at the virous completed, under construction
and proposed new project sites, for collection of data. The information
collected is fed into the Data Bank, Computer Sections, Director's
Office, Yangon, and is available on call and any time. |
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