At least three suspension bridgesin Rathedaung township of Rakhine State,which were damaged by  cyclone  Mocha in May are yet to be repaired and it causes difficulties fortens of thousands of local residentswhile traveling to different places.

“The current military regime has been claiming that it was doing everything for the Mocha affectedpeople of Rakhine State. The junta haspublished many news items in the government-run television and newspapers, but it has done nothing onthe ground. The military rulers arecheating the people of Myanmar and also the international community,” said a local resident.

The collapsed suspension bridges at Zaydi Byint, Yan Aung Pyin and Tharak Chaung  villages arelocated in western Rathedaung Township, which is  20 miles north ofRakhine capital city Sittwe.

These bridges were built by volunteers with the help of local contributions. Now the repairmen ofthese bridges will need Kyats  300 million. The villages are expecting support from the
government as well as the international community.

U Saw Hla, a member of the bridge repairing team from Tharak Chaung village informed that they hadrequested the township administrator fornecessary supports.

Narinjara News tried to contact the administrator through telephone, but he only said, "I am in ameeting, and I don't know when it will beover.” And he stopped speaking.

When these bridges collapsed, local travelers have to cross the creeks by hand-rowing boats. It is especiallyworrying for the students and elderlypeople, said a localschool teacher.

A local elderinformed Narinjara News that thereis no engineer available to work for the
repairmen and so the villagers have to face problems for some more months.