Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) has blocked two separate proposals to construct 11 and 22-storey buildings inside of the restricted areas near Shwedagon Pagoda.
The locations of the restricted areas
situated between Damazedi Road and Shin Saw Pu Road on the north ward of
Shwedagon Pagoda, between the junction of Min Ye Kyaw Swar
Road-Circular Train Road-Shwedagon Pagoda Road and Yaw Min Gyi Street on
the south ward of Shwedagon Pagoda, Alan Pya Pagoda Road-Zoological
Garden Street-Kan Street-Kan Street-Netmauk Road-Kabaaye Pagoda Road on
the east ward of Shwedagon Pagoda and Baho Road on the west of Shwedagon
Pagoda.
“We have issued restricted areas for
high-rise buildings near Shwedagon. Proposals are submitted to the YCDC
to construct high-rise buildings and they are located in restricted
areas near Shwedagon Pagoda. So YCDC hasn’t allowed them,” said Ye Win
from the YCDC High-rise Buildings Scrutinizing Committee.
Moreover the YCDC didn’t allow the
construction of twelve and a half stories building in Kamaryut Township
due to blocking the sight of Shwedagon Pagoda, he continued. If the
companies want to build commercial buildings inside of the restricted
areas near Shwedagon Pagoda, they have to limit the height of the
buildings from the base of Shwedagon Pagoda (not over 190 feet above sea
surface). If they are outside of the restricted areas near Shwedagon
Pagoda, they have to construct the buildings under the spiral-like part
of a pagoda immediately below the finial (417 feet above sea surface).
source: Eleven Myanmar
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