A new administrative capital called Nay_Pyi_Daw was built, around 2003, at a place called PyinMaNa which is geographically located at the centre of Myanmar.
I visited the place in 2008, at a time most of the public administrative offices just moved from Yangon, the former capital and administrative place of the government. The roads and buildings were still under constructions.
There had been many reasons that most real facts and figures were hidden from the public eyes when the new capital was planned and built. I am not mentioning those rumours and political comments here. Since, it is quite sure, the planners do not need to get approval from the public or a panel board we can imagine how it would have gone thro' in the planning stages.
There are mainly two parts divided in the development of the capital. One part is the places for the lives and workplaces for civilians and public servants, and the other part is the place of lives and workplaces for supreme power holders. I will not mention the 2nd part of the new city where the underground tunnels might exist. I will emphasize on the part of the new cities where the general civilians and public servants dwell.
The most important place in our home is the place where we cook, eat, and disposed what we have eaten, the leftover and whatever we do not want. Technically it is called Sanitation and waste disposal system. It shows the status of living and how we keep a hygienic environment. We should also be aware of how we get a suitable Water Supply for drinking and portable uses. And we should also arrange a Drainage Network System to drain out after the use of water and unexpected flow from outside or heavy rainfalls.
What I mentioned above are essential needs for a household. It is the same for a new city, especially the capital city of the country should have been facilitated.
I had seen personally how the new city was facilitated during my visits. I had met and heard the inconvenient experiences of the dwellers who are the ordinary civilians. I had so many thoughts, and comments for the benefits of the general public.
If we can turn back the clock, I'd like to turn it back to the time when the thoughts came into the head of those supreme power holders.
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