79 Public Utilities 6.4 CONCLUSION As established above, a number of factors influence the reliance on alternative sources of electricity by MEs. Government electricity connections proved problematic to attain due to high installation costs, lengthy turn over time among other reasons. Frequent power cuts during monsoons were another deterrent. Bad service practices were an oft cited reason specifically with bill inflation woes and absence of a smooth payment process at the electricity office itself. For water, a basic infrastructure was missing in most of the cities except Yangon and MEs relied on the alternatives such as the open well, handpump, tubewell and so on. Some of them also bought water from their neighbours. Trishaw service Ferry service For transport, MEs used either public, private transport or personal vehicle to commute between their home and business location every day. Some of them used it for visiting the suppliers and customers frequently/infrequently. Motorbikes were banned in Yangon but was a preferred choice in some of the other locations. In Nay Pyi Taw, motorbike taxis were used as a public private transport.