The drivers of passenger and cargo vehicles in Myawati-Mawlamyain are aware that they are permitted to use the ancient Donaung Kyaw route to get from the border town to domestic towns, but they are not permitted to use the Kokkraet inner road.
According to a driver of a small car in Myawati-Mawlamyain, small vehicles are unable to enter or exit the city of Kokkraet and are only permitted to travel on the Ukbotte-Hai Po San road.
We took Sokoko Road, Yuu Taung Road, and 1018 Road instead of Asia Road as it was closed. We were unable to travel on these routes when it rained. We took the old route as it was still open to traffic, which was route Hoang. We were required to travel from the lower camp down the road and on the old side of the old road. Before long, the village roads gave way, making travel challenging. Near the end of June, Kok Krait enabled visitors to travel via it; but, from the first week of July, the city ceased providing it.
It is not able to travel there since the three Taung Kyaw routes are dirt roads and the village roads are also broken.It is rumoured that they use four-wheeled Vego automobiles to cross the mountain on days when it isn’t raining from Myawati-Kyawkhot-That Koko Road, 1018 Road, and Yeong Taung Road.
Vego automobiles are utilised by some transportation lines between Myawati and Rangoon to convey passengers from Myawati to Sokoko Tungsoo and from Tungsoo to Yangon.
“From here to the Soko Koko by Vego slopes, the automobile departs daily. The bus line delivers us by automobile to the foothills; each person’s fare is 150,000 kyats. We arrive the same day if it doesn’t rain. We have to stay the night if it rains’, the bus line manager remarked.
It is challenging for passenger and goods vehicles to travel during the rainy season due to the ongoing closure of the New Asia Road over Dona Taung Kyaw on the Myawati border trade route. Additionally, the price of rice and other basic food products has increased dramatically, which has an impact on the consumption market.