LOWER BURMA PADDY DE

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The specific Paddyland Development Project components are: (a) construction or rehabilitation of about 400 miles of earth embankments, excavation and enlargement of approximately 770 miles of interior drainage channels, installation of about 90 concrete drainage culverts and 45 reinforced concrete sluice structures, and construction of about 10 masonry and reinforced concrete regulators; (b) provision of land clearing equipment including 24 tractors and accessories as well as 400 chain saws; (c) establishment of an intensified agricultural service; (d) allocation of funds for fellowships for short-term agricultural extension training courses; (e) provision of 1,000 low-lift pumps, 500 power tillers, 33 farm tractors, 33 disc plows, 16 disc harrows, and 17 rotary cultivators; (f) construction of fertilizer godowns; (g) erection and equipment of Agricultural Mechanization Department field workshops; (h) provision for about 60 man-months of consultant service to assist in hydrological investigation and formulation of a program of staged development of the delta; (i) provision for about 35 man-months of consultant services to assist in the preparation of a project for improving paddy storage and handling.