The project involves construction of the 29-miles Taroo-Sinywa embankment – together with 27 appurtenant hydraulic structures and a 20-miles irrigation drainage – to help prevent flooding in the Townships of Pyuntasa, Bago, Waw, Thanatpin and Kawa.

Since Sittaung River Basin and the Bago-Waw-Thanapin-Kawa area are flood prone regions, crops cannot be grown in approximately 90,000 acres of farmlands in these areas during rainy season. With the flood mitigation works, local farmers will be able to cultivate rice and other crops even during the rainy season.