Narinjara News, 28 December 2020

The Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance,Resettlement and Development inRakhine  (UEHRD) will build 500 houses for Muslim villagers in Maungdaw township on the western Myanmarborder areas.

Destroyed by the fire during the 2017 unrests,these houses will be erectedat  Myoma east ward, Myo Oo ward Nga Khura, Kyauk Laygar, Thiho Kyun village, Padin, Alay Than Kyaw and KyarKhaung Taung, informed thedistrict administrator U Soe Aung.

"These houses are meant for those familieswho did not flee to Bangladeshafter the 2017 conflicts. Many houses were gutted during the year. We are rebuilding those to hand over thevillagers,” said the administratorwhile talking to Narinjara News.

Rakhine State government has already publishedtender notices for those houses.The iron roof, bamboo wall and wooden floor will be used in those houses which would be constructed with localdesigns, he added.

Maungdaw township administrator Aung Ye revealedthat preliminary works like landcleanings are under progress.

Mentionable is that hundreds of thousands ofMuslim families left Rakhine Stateafter a military crackdown tempted by an attack on 30 Myanmar-Bangladesh border posts by ARSA. Many houses innorthern Rakhine  were destroyed by thefire during a military offensive.