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MCL report delayed to be submitted to Mon State Hluttaw

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The report about the Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) cement factory is not finished yet, according to the chairman of the natural environment watch committee, and its submission to Mon State Hluttaw will be delayed. The delay is due to the fact that Mon State Hluttaw’s natural environment watch committee has faced difficulties receiving documents about the factory requested by the committee.

On April 25, about 3,700 locals from Pyartaung area, Kyaikmayaw Township signed a petition letter calling for an end to the coal power plant, which the MCL would use to produce electricity, and sent the letter to the Mon State Hlutaw.

Mawlamyine Cement Limited and its operating locations (Photo: Internet)
Mawlamyine Cement Limited and its operating locations (Photo: Internet)
On June 1, when the natural environment watch committee did fieldwork regarding the MCL factory, its team went to Kwan Gyan and Katonzi villages, in Pyartaung area, Kyaikmayaw Township.

However, when the team met with MCL representatives and requested the EIA-SIA [environment impact assessment and Social Impact assessment] report, the MCL replied that it already submitted the report to the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) and it would send the report to the team in the near future, according to the natural environment watch committee’s report.

On September 23, over 10,000 locals signed a petition letter calling for the stop of the coal power plant and sent the letter to the President.

“After this new Hluttaw started, the biggest petition from the public has been about this coal power plant that MCL will use to produce electricity to run its factory,” said Dr. Aung Naing Oo, deputy speaker of Mon State Hluttaw.

When the deputy speaker discussed the report by the natural environment watch committee, he also addressed objections raised by New Mon State Party and Mon National Party, as they released a statement against the MCL’s coal power plant. It was also decided at the Mon National Conference that it strongly opposed the MCL’s plan to use coal power.

The MC released a statement that to operate its cement factory, which was invested with $400 million USD and planned to produce 5,000 tons of cement per day, the company needed 49 mega watts of electricity. Of this, 40 mega matts would be produced by applying coal power and bio waste, while 9 mega watts would come from Waste Heat Generator (WHG).
Dr. Aye Zan, chairman of the natural environment watch committee, said that the committee planned to provide state electricity from Gyan Tay Power Station to the MCL for its 40 mega watt electricity needs, but it all depended on the MCL and state government.

“We have to wait for two months when we ask for EIA [environment impact assessment] and 30 (a) and 30 (b) forms for using the farmland for other ways, according to the farmland management law,” Dr. Aye Zan said. “So, that is why the submission of this report [to the Hluttaw] has been delayed.”

The environment watch committee started part one of the report on May 27 and has already begun conducting field work for part 2. The committee has stated it would finish by the next Hluttaw conference, when it would present the report.

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