25 May 2024
As terrorist insurgent groups, from February 2021 until now, they have committed 206 demining/detonations in the area of railways and train stations, 164 demining of train bridges/tracks, and arson 42 times to station buildings and staff homes in Myanmar railway network. Many people have also died due to the vandalism, during the over three years of the Spring Revolution, Monks, Nun, children and over 8,000 civil servant,including teacher were killed.
Yesterday morning, a terrorist group detonated explosives on the Yangon-Mandalay railway at the 126/7-8 mile post near Patta village in Phyu Township at 1:42 am on 24 May and again at approximately 2 am.
The local security forces and regional officials to the place where the mine happened, arrived at 6:00 a.m. and inspected the area. About 4 feet of the inner track, where the current train is running, was broken, and about 5 blocks of concrete sleepers were damaged. It is reported that about 4 feet of the inner track, where the project is being carried out, has been broken and about 5 blocks of concrete sleepers have been damaged.
At 6:00 a.m. yesterday, the Nyaungpintha and Kanyukkin railway section was temporarily closed, and the Myanmar Railway officials made repairs to reopen the section on time, and the section was reopened at 12:15 p.m.
In Myanmar, the majority of train passengers are poor and basic people, and the people do not want the destruction of the train network, which mainly affects the basic classes.